• Thomas Francis O'Higgins (23 July 1916 – 25 February 2003) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland...
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    capacity as Minister for Justice, O'Higgins established the Garda Síochána police force. His brother Thomas and nephews Tom and Michael were also elected...
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  • was party leader. While Mulcahy was a member of the Seanad in 1944, Tom O'Higgins acted as parliamentary party leader. Between 1948 and 1959, John A....
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    succeeded by Richard Mulcahy. Mulcahy was then a member of the Seanad, so Tom O'Higgins acted as parliamentary party leader. After the 1948 general election...
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  • minister. His uncle was Kevin O'Higgins, the assassinated cabinet minister from the 1920s. O'Higgins's brother was Tom O'Higgins, a fellow TD, Minister, presidential...
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  • elected as president of Ireland, defeating Fine Gael deputy leader, Tom O'Higgins, who had come within 1% of defeating Éamon de Valera in the 1966 presidential...
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    standing for Fianna Fáil was narrowly re-elected, with Fine Gael candidate Tom O'Higgins coming within 1% (or 10,718 votes) of defeating de Valera. Under Article...
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    Thomas Francis O'Higgins (20 November 1890 – 1 November 1953) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and medical practitioner who served as Minister for Defence...
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  • T. F. O'Higgins may refer to: Thomas F. O'Higgins (1890–1953) Fine Gael politician Tom O'Higgins (1916–2003) Fine Gael politician, Chief Justice This disambiguation...
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    Presidential candidates Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011) Unopposed presidential...
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    Presidential candidates Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011) Unopposed presidential...
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  • defined Irish foreign policy for decades. The party's Health Minister Tom O'Higgins introduced the Voluntary Health Insurance Board (VHI) and thus established...
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  • Valera Tom O'Higgins 49 Oireachtas: Fine Gael 548,144 49.5% 1973 Erskine H. Childers 60 Oireachtas: Fianna Fáil 635,867 51.9% Erskine H. Childers Tom O'Higgins...
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    following year. Fine Gael, confident that its prospective candidate Tom O'Higgins would win the 1973 presidential election (he had almost defeated de...
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  • Timothy Sullivan Conor Maguire Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh William FitzGerald Tom O'Higgins Thomas Finlay Liam Hamilton Ronan Keane John L. Murray Susan Denham...
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    and one of the counsel representing the Electricity Supply Board, Tom O'Higgins, later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and presidential candidate...
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  • Irish politician Thomas F. O' Higgins (d. 1953), Irish politician Tom O'Higgins (1916 – 2003), Irish politician, barrister, and judge Michael O' Higgins...
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    Presidential candidates Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011) Unopposed presidential...
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    Daniel Hogan (FF) 11th 1943 Oliver J. Flanagan (IMR) 12th 1944 13th 1948 Tom O'Higgins, Jnr (FG) Oliver J. Flanagan (Ind) 14th 1951 Peadar Maher (FF) 15th...
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    defeat in the 1973 presidential election, when Fine Gael candidate Tom O'Higgins was defeated by the Fianna Fáil candidate, Erskine H. Childers. Childers...
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    Daniel Hogan (FF) 11th 1943 Oliver J. Flanagan (IMR) 12th 1944 13th 1948 Tom O'Higgins, Jnr (FG) Oliver J. Flanagan (Ind) 14th 1951 Peadar Maher (FF) 15th...
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    5th James Ryan (2nd time) 13 June 1951 2 June 1954 Fianna Fáil 6th Tom O'Higgins 2 June 1954 20 March 1957 Fine Gael 7th Seán MacEntee 20 March 1957...
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    Presidential candidates Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011) Unopposed presidential...
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    In a 1982 judgment delivered under such a referral, Chief Justice Tom O'Higgins bemoaned the crude strictures of the prescribed process; especially...
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    threatened to sue the doctor, future Fine Gael TD and Minister, Dr. Tom O'Higgins, if he ever repeated the story. The British reportedly, however, considered...
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    Presidential candidates Seán Mac Eoin (1945, 1959) Tom O'Higgins (1966, 1973) Austin Currie (1990) Mary Banotti (1997) Gay Mitchell (2011) Unopposed presidential...
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    Daniel Hogan (FF) 11th 1943 Oliver J. Flanagan (IMR) 12th 1944 13th 1948 Tom O'Higgins, Jnr (FG) Oliver J. Flanagan (Ind) 14th 1951 Peadar Maher (FF) 15th...
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  • born in 1964 to Una O'Higgins O'Malley, a writer, and Eoin O'Malley, a heart surgeon. She is a granddaughter of Kevin O'Higgins, the Minister for Justice...
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  • the Voluntary Health Insurance Act, 1957 by the Minister for Health Tom O'Higgins. This law has been amended but remains the primary legislation under...
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    Timothy Sullivan Conor Maguire Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh William FitzGerald Tom O'Higgins Thomas Finlay Liam Hamilton Ronan Keane John L. Murray Susan Denham...
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