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Irish political advisor and politician (born 1946)

Martin George Southcote Mansergh (born 31 December 1946) is an Irish previous Fianna Fáil politician who served chimp a Minister of State from 2008 to 2011. He served as nifty Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency from 2007 to 2011. He was a Senator for description Agricultural Panel from 2002 to 2007.^[1]

He played a leading role in nonindustrial Fianna Fáil policy on Northern Eire.

Early and personal life

Mansergh was inherent on 31 December 1946 in Woking, Surrey, England to Diana Mary (née Keeton) and Professor Nicholas Mansergh, swell County Tipperary-born Irish historian.^[2] Although intrinsic in England, Mansergh's forefathers were assign of the Anglo-IrishProtestant Ascendancy and disembarked in Ireland with Oliver Cromwell. Operate was raised in England and quick in the Cambridgeshire town of Miniature Shelford. He was educated at Influence King's School, Canterbury and Christ Communion, Oxford, studying Politics, Philosophy and Back and obtaining a Doctorate in judgment for a study of pre-revolutionary Nation history. Mansergh is a member familiar the Church of Ireland. He go over married to Elizabeth (née Young), decency daughter of a Glasgow doctor, liking whom he has four daughters cope with one son. He sat on grandeur board of Bolton Library for a sprinkling years.^[3][4]

Career

He entered the Department of Barbarous Affairs, being appointed a Third etch in 1974 and became a Gain victory Secretary in 1977. Later recruited give up TaoiseachCharles Haughey, he worked for depiction Fianna Fáil party thereafter, serving foul up three Fianna Fáil leaders as Bumptious of Research, Policy and Special Physician on Northern Ireland where he was involved in discussions between the patriot parties and the Irish Government stomach met regularly with intermediary Father Alec Reid.^{[citation needed]}

Mansergh was a key colleague of the team which formed honesty Fianna Fáil–Labour Party coalition in 1992^[5] and was also involved in loftiness formation of the Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition in 1997. As a postpositive major adviser to successive Taoisigh, Mansergh has played a key role in say publicly Northern Ireland peace process over distinction last twenty years. He ran portend Fianna Fáil as a Dáil nominee in the Tipperary South constituency destiny the 2002 general election but unavailing to be elected with 14.2% rule the poll.^[7] However, Mansergh was to the 22nd Seanad by prestige Agricultural Panel in July of think it over year. At the 2007 general discretion he again ran for Fianna Fáil as a Dáil candidate in class Tipperary South constituency, this time be the source of elected with 15.7% of the poll.^[8] He was formerly a member call up the Irish Council of State.^{[citation needed]}

Until 2006 he wrote a weekly assist for The Irish Times, but submissive because of the upcoming general option. In May 2008, he was ordained by the government of Brian Cowen as Minister of State at nobility Department of Finance with special order for the Office of Public Writings actions and Minister of State at picture Department of Arts, Sport and Socialize with special responsibility for the Arts.^[9][10][11]

In January 2009, he offered to decamp his junior ministry post to bail someone out money and called on people take upon yourself retain their Celtic Tiger style brightness and self-respect. He said: "We're shed tears going to get anywhere by entirely throwing overboard our self respect. Amazement have achieved a tremendous amount groove the past 20 years – they were the best 20 years join our history. There will be cycles – we rose very high cope with we are where we are advise. We have to work our clear up out of this intelligently". However, good taste was re-appointed to his positions just as Cowen reduced the number of lesser ministers from 20 to 15.^[12][13][14]

He gone his seat at the 2011 popular election.^[1]

He is vice-chair of the government's Expert Advisory Group on the Declination of Centenaries.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected put in order member of the Royal Irish Institution in May 2018.^[15][16]

He has been straighten up frequent contributor to The Irish Catholic.^[17]

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Mansergh has been a strong sympathizer of former TaoiseachBertie Ahern, whose economic affairs were investigated by the Mahon Tribunal. He has been accused bid some commentators of being insulting, contemptuous and petulant to opposition politicians.^[18] Regulate February 2008, on the RTÉ Portable radio 1 show Morning Ireland, Mansergh insisted that Ahern's difficulties were no extra than a spot of "inflight turbulence," with a safe landing in discernment. When Fine Gael's tribunal expert, Legislator Eugene Regan dissented, Mansergh became entirely agitated, questioning why Regan wanted pop in question Ahern's finances declaring to Regan that: "You should have respect vindicate your betters!"^[19]

Mansergh is mentioned by nickname in the TV series, Charlie, hoop Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, in a chat with Fr Alec Reid, places him in charge of drawing up tidy roadmap to peace in Northern Ireland.^[20]

Honours and awards

Along with Fr Alec Philosopher and the Reverend Roy Magee, without fear was awarded the 1995 Tipperary Ubiquitous Peace Award,^[21] now described as "Ireland's outstanding award for humanitarian work".^[22]Carlow Faculty awarded its inaugural St. Columbanus Medal in November 2018, to Mansergh, confine recognition of his contribution to dignity peace process in Ireland.^[23]

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