Jim Tunney (Irish politician)

This article is about the Fianna Fáil politician. For the Labour Party politician, see James Tunney (Irish politician).

Jim Tunney (25 December 1923 – 16 January 2002) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

Tunney was born in Dublin in 1923, and was educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S. in Glasnevin. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North–West constituency at the 1969 general election. He served continuously in the Dáil until losing his seat at the 1992 general election, having been a TD for Dublin Finglas from 1977 to 1981 when Dublin constituencies were reconfigured as 3-seaters, before being returned for Dublin North–West in 1981. During that period he served as Parliamentary Secretary and Minister of State in three governments. He served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann. He was also Chairman of Fianna Fáil for ten years and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1984 to 1985.

He also played for the Dublin Senior football team. He was on the winning side for Dublin in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship in 1948.

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Political offices
Preceded by Michael O'Kennedy	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education 1973	Succeeded by John Bruton
Preceded by John Ryan	Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann 1987–1993	Succeeded by Joe Jacob
Party political offices
Preceded by Seán Browne	Chairman of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party 1982–1992	Succeeded by Joe Jacob
Civic offices
Preceded by Michael O'Halloran	Lord Mayor of Dublin 1984–1985	Succeeded by Bertie Ahern