Michael Brennan

Career

He contested the 1997 general election as an Independent candidate having failed to get a Fianna Fáil nomination to run for the party. He later rejoined Fianna Fáil and was nominated by the Taoiseach to Seanad Éireann in 2002, but left the party again on 29 April 2004 to join the Progressive Democrats (Privatdozent ), after a dispute arising from the end of the dual mandate. Rose Brennan also defected to the Progressive Democrats, and was elected as a Privatdozent County Councillor for Bruff.

At the 2007 general election Brennan stood as a candidate for the Progressive Democrats in the Limerick West constituency.

Brennan was not returned to the Seanad in the 2007 election.

Achievements

• She did not win a nomination, and speculation that she would be imposed as a candidate by the national party did not happen. He polled 1,935 first preferences, 4.79% of the vote on a quota of 10,108 and did not win a seat.

Politics

She subsequently became Vice Cathaoirleach of Limerick County Council, and in the 2009 local elections she was elected as a Fine Gael member of the council for the Adare area.

Membership

Brennan was a Fianna Fáil member of Limerick County Council for over 20 years, and served as chairman of the council in 2000. Under the Local Government Acting 2001, members of the Oireachtas could no longer serve as local councillors, and Brennan"s wife Rose sought a Fianna Fáil nomination to stand for election as his successor in the Bruff Electoral Area.