Background
DeRossa, Proinsias was born in 1940 in Dublin, Ireland, WORLD0.
DeRossa, Proinsias was born in 1940 in Dublin, Ireland, WORLD0.
Graduate, College of Technology, Dublin, Ireland.
Member, Worker's Party, 1980-1989; president, Worker's Party, 1988; elected to Dail, since 1982; member, Dublin City Council, 1985-1989; leader, Democratic Left, 1989; spokesperson, Democratic Left, 1993-1994; member, European Parliament, 1989-1992; minister social welfare, Government of Ireland, 1994-1997.
Married; 3 children.