Education
Graduate, Trinity College, 1974.
President of European Parliament
Graduate, Trinity College, 1974.
Television reporter, 1982—1986. Member European Parliament, since 1989, president, since 2002, European Liberal Democratic Group, 1998, re-elected president, 1999. Lecturer economics Institute Public Adminstrn, University Limerick.
Founder Progressive Democrats, founding general secretary, 1985.
Married, 6 children.