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| Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin was born in ] in ]. He has been active in ] circles for years. He was Director of Elections in the ] of ] when ] was elected ] for the ] constituency. Between ] and ] he was General Manager of the republican newspaper '']''. Ó Caoláin's first political success came in 1985 when he was elected to ] as a ] councillor. In 1989, ] paramilitaries attempted to kill him and another Sinn Féin councillor. | Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin was born in ] in ]. He has been active in ] circles for years. He was Director of Elections in the ] of ] when ] was elected ] for the ] constituency. Between ] and ] he was General Manager of the republican newspaper '']''. Ó Caoláin's first political success came in 1985 when he was elected to ] as a ] councillor. In 1989, ] paramilitaries attempted to kill him and another Sinn Féin councillor. | ||
| Ó Caoláin represented Sinn Féin at the ] in ] in the mid-nineties and was also a member of the Sinn Féin negotiations team during the talks which led to the ] in ]. In ] he was elected to ] for the first time as a TD for Cavan Monaghan, becoming the first modern Sinn Féin ]. He was subsequently re-elected in ]. At the last general election he was joined by four other Sinn Féin deputies. Ó Caoláin is currently Sinn Féin's Parliamentary Group Leader in the Dáil and is also spokesperson on the ] and ]. He is also the party spokesperson for ] and ]. | Ó Caoláin represented Sinn Féin at the ] in ] in the mid-nineties and was also a member of the Sinn Féin negotiations team during the talks which led to the ] in ]. In ] he was elected to ] for the first time as a TD for Cavan Monaghan, becoming the first modern Sinn Féin ]. He was subsequently re-elected in ]. At the last general election he was joined by four other Sinn Féin deputies. Ó Caoláin is currently Sinn Féin's Parliamentary Group Leader in the Dáil and is also spokesperson on the ] and the ] (Northern Ireland). He is also the party spokesperson for ] and ]. | ||
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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (born 1953) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He has been a TD for Cavan Monaghan since 1997 and is currently the Parliamentary Leader of Sinn Féin in Dáil Éireann.
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin was born in Monaghan in 1953. He has been active in republican circles for years. He was Director of Elections in the H-Block campaign of 1981 when Kieran Doherty was elected TD for the Cavan Monaghan constituency. Between 1982 and 1985 he was General Manager of the republican newspaper An Phoblacht. Ó Caoláin's first political success came in 1985 when he was elected to Monaghan County Council as a Sinn Féin councillor. In 1989, loyalist paramilitaries attempted to kill him and another Sinn Féin councillor.
Ó Caoláin represented Sinn Féin at the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation in Dublin in the mid-nineties and was also a member of the Sinn Féin negotiations team during the talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. In 1997 he was elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time as a TD for Cavan Monaghan, becoming the first modern Sinn Féin Teachta Dála. He was subsequently re-elected in 2002. At the last general election he was joined by four other Sinn Féin deputies. Ó Caoláin is currently Sinn Féin's Parliamentary Group Leader in the Dáil and is also spokesperson on the Northern Ireland peace process and the Six Counties (Northern Ireland). He is also the party spokesperson for finance and health and children.
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