Ben Briscoe (born 11 March 1934) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for 37 years, representing a series constituencies in Dublin. In 1988–1989 he was Lord Mayor of Dublin, a post previously held by his father Robert. Briscoe was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1965 General Election, for the Dublin South West constituency, succeeding his father, Robert Briscoe who had been a TD for 38 years.

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  • Ben Briscoe (born 11 March 1934) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for 37 years, representing a series constituencies in Dublin. In 1988–1989 he was Lord Mayor of Dublin, a post previously held by his father Robert. Briscoe was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1965 General Election, for the Dublin South West constituency, succeeding his father, Robert Briscoe who had been a TD for 38 years. He was elected at the 1969 General Election for Dublin South Central, where he was re-elected in 1973, and after major bouundary changes for the 1977 election, he was elected for the new Dublin Rathmines West constituency. That seat was abolished for the 1981 General Election, when he was returned for the re-established Dublin South Central constituency, which he held until he retired at the 2002 General Election.. In the 1992 General Election Ben Briscoe was involved in a marathon recount battle with Democratic Left's Eric Byrne to decide the fate of the final seat in Dublin South Central. Briscoe was declared the victor after ten days of re-counting and re-checking ballot papers, leading to his quote "the agony and the ex-TD. " It was the first time that an original result was over-turned in an election in the modern Irish state. The Molly Malone statue on Grafton Street, was unveiled by then Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman Ben Briscoe during 1988 the Dublin Millennium celebrations, declaring June 13 officially as Molly Malone Day.. Briscoe is one of Ireland's most famous Jewish politicians, the Briscoe's hold the distinction of being the longest serving family in the Irish Dail. The small Irish Jewish community have been enthusiastic and active participants in political and legal world. Briscoe's father was one of several Jews involved in the War of Independence and Sinn Fein movements, which led to the Jewish community being targeted by British occupation forces. In Briscoe's time each of the three main political parties had a Jewish member in Ireland's 166-member Dail. Ireland was the first country to specifically guarantee the rights of the Jewish religion in its constitution, significantly drawn up in 1937. Jack Lynch later introduced the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland Act of 1973 officially removed the Roman Catholic Church as the state church in equal recognition of other religions including the Jewish Congregations.
  • Ben Briscoe ist ein irischer Politiker und langjähriger Abgeordneter im Unterhaus des irischen Parlaments. Briscoe besuchte das Saint Andrew's College in Dublin und studierte an der Northeastern University in Boston. Er wurde 1965 erstmals für die Fianna Fáil in den Dáil Éireann gewählt und nahm damit den Platz seines Vaters Robert Briscoe ein. Dieser hatte nach 38 Jahren im Dáil Éireann bei den Wahlen 1965 nicht mehr kandidiert. Ben Briscoe wiederum gehörte dem Dáil bis 2002 an. Von Juli 1988 bis Juli 1989 bekleidete er das Amt des Oberbürgermeisters von Dublin (Lord Mayor of Dublin). Bereits sein Vater hatte dieses Amt von 1956 bis 1957 sowie von 1961 bis 1962 innegehabt.
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  • Ben Briscoe (born 11 March 1934) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for 37 years, representing a series constituencies in Dublin. In 1988–1989 he was Lord Mayor of Dublin, a post previously held by his father Robert. Briscoe was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1965 General Election, for the Dublin South West constituency, succeeding his father, Robert Briscoe who had been a TD for 38 years.
  • Ben Briscoe ist ein irischer Politiker und langjähriger Abgeordneter im Unterhaus des irischen Parlaments. Briscoe besuchte das Saint Andrew's College in Dublin und studierte an der Northeastern University in Boston. Er wurde 1965 erstmals für die Fianna Fáil in den Dáil Éireann gewählt und nahm damit den Platz seines Vaters Robert Briscoe ein. Dieser hatte nach 38 Jahren im Dáil Éireann bei den Wahlen 1965 nicht mehr kandidiert. Ben Briscoe wiederum gehörte dem Dáil bis 2002 an.
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