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A candidate for Labour. View party
ELECTED
Willie Penrose
Party
Constituency
Occupation
TD
Age
59
Biography

First co-opted onto Westmeath County Council in 1984, he was elected to the Dáil in 1992 and has been a sitting TD since. A former Minister of State for Housing and Planning, he resigned his position in November 2011 over the closure of an army barracks in Mullingar. He is qualified as a barrister and previously contested for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.

Question time
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