Career
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Dublin North–West constituency at the 1961 general election and was re-elected at the 1965 general election. He did not contest the 1969 general election. He was nominated by the Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave in 1973 to the 13th Seanad.
