Joe O'Flynn is an Irish trade union leader and former politician.
Born in the Fairhill area of Cork, O'Flynn joined a trade union when he was sixteen, and began working for it full-time six years later.
O'Flynn was active in the Labour Party, and was elected to Cork City Council in 1991. He stood in the 1994 Cork South-Central by-election, but took only 6.2% of the first preference votes, and was not elected. He served as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1998/1999.
Meanwhile, O'Flynn's union career continued to develop. He served as National Industrial Officer and then a Regional Officer of what became SIPTU. In 2002, he was elected as the union's general secretary. The following year, he was elected as treasurer of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He also served on Bord Gais Eireann.
References
- ^ "Labour man elected Cork Lord Mayor Archived 12 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine", Irish Times, 15 July 1998
- ^ SIPTU, "General Secretary: Joe O’Flynn Archived 29 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine"
- Ray Kavanagh, Spring, Summer & Fall: The Rise and Fall of the Labour Party 1986–99, p.157
| Civic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byDave McCarthy | Lord Mayor of Cork 1998–1999 |
Succeeded byDamian Wallace |
| Trade union offices | ||
| Preceded byJohn McDonnell | General Secretary of SIPTU 2002–2020 |
Succeeded byJoe Cunningham |
| Preceded byJohn McDonnell | Treasurer of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions 2003–2019 |
Succeeded byJoe Cunningham |