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A candidate for Labour. View party
ELIMINATED
Ann Phelan
Party
Constituency
Occupation
TD and Minister of State
Age
54
Biography

She was a Kilkenny county councillor from 2004 until she was elected to the Dáil in 2011. She is Minister of State at the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Transport, Tourism and Sport with responsibility for Rural Economic Development and Rural Transport.

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