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move to sidebar hide top 1 early life 2 political career toggle political career subsection 2 1 2011 presidential campaign 3 clemency pleas 4 views on homosexuality 5 in popular culture 6 see also 7 references 8 external links toggle the table of contents gay mitchell 8 languages العربية deutsch français gaeilge italiano polski română scots edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia irish former politician born 1951 for the galway gaelic footballer see gay mitchell gaelic footballer gay mitchell mitchell in 2014 minister of state 1994 1997 european affairs lord mayor of dublin in office june 1992 june 1993 preceded by seán kenny succeeded by tomás mac giolla member of the european parliament in office 1 july 2004 24 may 2014 constituency dublin teachta dála in office june 1981 may 2007 constituency dublin south central personal details born gabriel mitchell 1951 12 30 30 december 1951 age 74 inchicore dublin ireland party fine gael spouse norma mitchell m 1978 children 5 relatives jim mitchell brother education dublin institute of technology queen s university belfast university of nottingham the priory institute gabriel mitchell born 30 december 1951 is an irish former fine gael politician who served as minister of state for european affairs from 1994 to 1997 and lord mayor of dublin from 1992 to 1993 he served as a member of the european parliament mep for the dublin constituency from 2004 to 2014 and a teachta dála td for the dublin south central constituency from 1981 to 2007 1 he was defeated by enda kenny in the 2002 fine gael leadership election mitchell was the fine gael candidate at the 2011 presidential election early life edit mitchell was born in inchicore dublin in 1951 his mother eileen was left a widow with nine children whom she supported by working as an office cleaner he was educated at st michael s congregation of christian brothers emmet road vocational school dublin institute of technology college of commerce queen s university belfast and the university of northampton since leaving politics mitchell gained a degree and masters from the dominicsn priory institute 2 his brother jim mitchell was a long serving fine gael td and minister his wife norma conducted prominent charity work in her own right for epilepsy ireland serving as a director of the board from 2011 to 2017 and serving on several committees 3 political career edit he first held political office in 1979 as a member of dublin city council he was first elected to dáil éireann as a fine gael td in the 1981 general election for the dublin south central constituency 4 since then he has served as a minister of state at the department of the taoiseach and the department of foreign affairs with special responsibility for european affairs he was the irish representative on the reflection group which prepared the amsterdam treaty mitchell also served as lord mayor of dublin from 1992 to 1993 5 while never holding full cabinet rank has served on the opposition front bench as spokesperson for health from 2000 to 2002 foreign affairs 1997 to 2000 justice from 1993 to 1994 public service and constitutional reform from 1991 to 1992 tourism and transport from 1989 to 1991 european integration from 1988 to 1989 urban renewal from 1987 to 1988 and health board reform from 1981 to 1982 following michael noonan s resignation as fine gael leader in 2002 mitchell was a challenger in the subsequent leadership election losing out to the victor enda kenny 6 before his election to the european parliament he had been party spokesperson for foreign affairs writing the party s beyond neutrality policy document in november 2006 mitchell announced that he had taken the difficult decision not to contest the 2007 general election and concentrate on his european parliament seat 7 mitchell was a vice chair of the acp eu joint parliamentary assembly during the 2008 referendum on the treaty of lisbon mitchell was fine gael s director of elections for the referendum mitchell is a former member of the european parliament committee on development the special committee on the financial economic and social crisis and the delegation to the acp eu joint parliamentary assembly he was also a substitute member of the committee on economic and monetary affairs and the delegation for relations with the people s republic of china mitchell is the author of by dáil account the first book published in ireland on the history and role of the public accounts committee pac and the office of comptroller and auditor general in september 2010 the brussels based parliament magazine named him mep of the year having previously nominated him for the award 8 in june 2011 mitchell refused to release details of his expense and allowance claims as a member of the european parliament 9 in march 2013 he said he would not stand at the 2014 european parliament election 10 2011 presidential campaign edit main article 2011 irish presidential election in 2011 mitchell announced his intention to seek the fine gael nomination for the irish presidential election on 9 july 2011 he was chosen as the fine gael candidate at a special convention 11 he announced on the late late show on 30 september 2011 that he expected his campaign for the presidency would cost 350 000 12 mitchell s unsuccessful attempt to bring the summer olympic games to dublin was also discussed with the former lord mayor saying he set up 10 committees in his attempt to make it happen 13 mitchell launched his presidential campaign with taoiseach enda kenny on 3 october 2011 14 that same day he was involved in controversy when he made a joke about suicide on newstalk s the right hook programme he promised to jump off o connell bridge if he was asked to smile 15 founding secretary of the irish association of suicidology dr john connolly described mitchell s comment as unfortunate 16 clemency pleas edit following the initial withdrawal of david norris from the 2011 presidential campaign after it was revealed that norris had sought clemency for his former partner from a statutory rape conviction it was subsequently pointed out that mitchell had also sought clemency for a convict in his case for army of god member and double murderer paul jennings hill 17 a fact that had been public knowledge for eight years 18 on 22 march 2002 amina lawal was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock 19 as chair of the oireachtas european affairs committee mitchell met with the nigerian ambassador to ireland to protest the sentence at the time 20 another convict mitchell sought clemency for was louis truesdale who was convicted in 1980 of the rape and murder of 18 year old rebecca ann eudy 21 the victim s mother evelyn eudy said that she was appalled to hear mr mitchell was running as a presidential candidate in ireland according to newspaper reports when he was questioned about these letters on 27 august 2011 he became quite incensed and revealed that he has written a number of clemency pleas 22 views on homosexuality edit when asked for his views on same sex marriage in a radio interview with pat kenny on 12 august 2011 mitchell said he did not want to do anything that weakens marriage but that he had supported civil unions 23 in 2004 mitchell defended italian mep rocco buttiglione s remarks when he referred to homosexuality as a sin 24 mitchell has been questioned as to whether or not he is a member of the european catholic group dignitatis humanae institute which he denied on the same radio interview with pat kenny 25 however according to benjamin harnwell the institute s founding chairman mitchell helped formulate the charter that became the institute s universal declaration of human dignity 26 27 in the same interview mitchell was also asked whether or not he is a member of the iona institute who reject the notion of same sex marriages which he also denied however in september 2007 he did host a conference the fragmenting family on behalf of the iona institute 28 in popular culture edit michael mcdowell contrasting gay mitchell to his brother jim in a humorous wordplay on the principle of the lesser of two evils once jokingly referred to gay as the evil of two lessers 29 30 31 32 see also edit families in the oireachtas references edit gay mitchell oireachtas members database 26 april 2007 archived from the original on 8 november 2018 retrieved 9 may 2009 former mep and td gay mitchell joins unique media archived from the original on 3 december 2017 retrieved 2 december 2017 mitchell retires from epilepsy ireland pdf epilepsy ie gay mitchell electionsireland org archived from the original on 26 september 2018 retrieved 9 may 2009 lord mayors of dublin 1665 2020 pdf dublin city council june 2020 retrieved 18 november 2023 the line of leaders since fitzgerald the irish times 14 june 2010 archived from the original on 15 november 2010 retrieved 14 june 2010 fox mitchell not standing in election rté news 24 november 2006 archived from the original on 29 march 2012 retrieved 24 november 2006 gay mitchell receives mep award eurostep 29 september 2010 archived from the original on 23 april 2012 two meps in president race refuse to give expense details irish independent 24 june 2011 archived from the original on 25 november 2011 retrieved 28 september 2011 gay mitchell will not run in 2014 mep elections newstalk 14 march 2013 cite news cs1 maint deprecated archival service link de bréadún deaglán 9 july 2011 mitchell chosen as fg candidate the irish times archived from the original on 12 august 2011 retrieved 9 july 2011 o halloran marie cullen paul 1 october 2011 campaigns to cost up to 350 000 say candidates the irish times archived from the original on 5 march 2015 retrieved 1 october 2011 cullen paul 1 october 2011 presidential debate gives viewers few talking points the irish times archived from the original on 1 october 2011 retrieved 1 october 2011 gay mitchell launches presidential campaign 98 fm 3 october 2011 archived from the original on 5 april 2012 retrieved 3 october 2011 mitchell makes jump off o connell bridge remark irish examiner 3 october 2011 archived from the original on 3 march 2016 retrieved 3 october 2011 mitchell remarks on suicide unfortunate rté news 3 october 2011 archived from the original on 3 october 2011 retrieved 3 october 2011 fg defends clemency plea by mitchell for double murderer the irish examiner 3 august 2011 archived from the original on 4 august 2011 retrieved 3 august 2011 fg appeal over murderer s execution rté news 3 september 2008 archived from the original on 18 october 2011 retrieved 5 august 2011 sengupta somini 26 september 2003 facing death for adultery nigerian woman is acquitted the new york times archived from the original on 14 february 2017 retrieved 19 february 2017 mitchell camp still refusing to release anti execution letters irish independent 15 october 2011 archived from the original on 16 november 2011 retrieved 15 october 2011 amnesty international report on the death penalty secure amnesty org archived from the original on 23 april 2012 retrieved 28 september 2011 o connell edel 27 august 2011 mitchell furious over focus on pleas for murderers irish independent retrieved 28 august 2011 mitchell defends eu role in irish affairs the irish times 13 august 2011 archived from the original on 14 august 2011 retrieved 29 september 2011 mitchell defends italian mep the irish times 15 october 2004 archived from the original on 21 november 2011 retrieved 13 july 2011 rté radio the pat kenny show 12 august 2011 rté retrieved 28 september 2011 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link universal deceleration of human dignity zenit on dignitatis humanae institute zenit 31 march 2011 archived from the original on 2 april 2011 retrieved 28 september 2011 increase in marriage breakdown a disaster for children says expert ci news 15 september 2007 archived from the original on 2 october 2011 dillon malone aubrey summer 2007 obiter dicta books ireland 295 wordwell ltd 141 143 jstor 20633039 retrieved 12 september 2020 my favourite though has to be michael mcdowell s comment on gay mitchell he is the evil of two lessers even if this witticism is culled from a comment once made even more piquantly about frank loesser and his brother darragh mcmanus darragh 20 november 2010 ireland s best insults hey you thundering amadán if brains wer dynamite you wouldn t have enough to blow your nose irish independent retrieved 12 september 2017 michael mcdowell put gay mitchell in his place by saying he was the evil of two lessers donohoe miriam 16 october 1999 the inquisitor continues his campaign for costello s just society irish times retrieved 12 september 2017 the attorney general and former progressive democrat td michael mcdowell once famously referred to gay mitchell as the evil of two lessers during a dail exchange seatbelts warning still holds as right s rasputin turns legal irish times 10 july 1999 retrieved 12 september 2017 this after all is the man who has made it difficult to look at gay mitchell whose brother jim is also a td without recalling the mcdowell description of him as the evil of two lessers external links edit personal profile of gay mitchell in the european parliament s database of members civic offices preceded by seán kenny lord mayor of dublin 1992 1993 succeeded by tomás mac giolla political offices preceded by tom kitt minister of state for european affairs 1994 1997 office abolished v t e teachtaí dála tds for dublin south central this table is transcluded from dublin south central dáil constituency edit history dáil election deputy party deputy party deputy party deputy party deputy party 13th 1948 seán lemass ff james larkin jnr lab con lehane cnap maurice e dockrell fg john mccann ff 14th 1951 philip brady ff 15th 1954 thomas finlay fg celia lynch ff 16th 1957 jack murphy ind philip brady ff 1958 by election patrick cummins ff 17th 1961 joseph barron cnap 18th 1965 frank cluskey lab thomas j fitzpatrick ff 19th 1969 richie ryan fg ben briscoe ff john o donovan lab 4 seats 1969 1977 20th 1973 john kelly fg 21st 1977 fergus o brien fg frank cluskey lab thomas j fitzpatrick ff 3 seats 1977 1981 22nd 1981 ben briscoe ff gay mitchell fg john o connell a ind 23rd 1982 feb frank cluskey lab 24th 1982 nov fergus o brien fg 25th 1987 mary mooney ff 26th 1989 john o connell ff eric byrne wp 27th 1992 pat upton lab 4 seats 1992 2002 1994 by election eric byrne dl 28th 1997 seán ardagh ff 1999 by election mary upton lab 29th 2002 aengus ó snodaigh sf michael mulcahy ff 30th 2007 ca...
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