Terence Flanagan

Terence Flanagan (born 1 January 1975) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Dublin City Councillor from 2019 to 2024. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-East constituency from 2007 to 2016.^[1][2]

He was a member of Dublin City Council from 2003 until 2007, originally co-opted onto the council to replace Richard Bruton, due to the ending of dual mandates in September 2003, he was elected to the Council in 2004 obtaining 2594 first preference votes.^[3] Upon Flanagan's election to the Dáil in 2007^[4] for the now defunct Dublin North East Constituency, his brother Declan Flanagan P.C^[5] was co-opted onto the City Council as his replacement.

In February 2008, Flanagan made a speech which was notably similar to a previous one by Labour Party TD Joan Burton. He initially denied that the speech was copied, but later issued a statement admitting and apologising for the plagiarism.^[6] He was Fine Gael deputy spokesperson on the Environment, with special responsibility for Housing, from October 2007 to March 2011. Flanagan was re-elected to the Dáil in February 2011 with 12,332 first-preference votes.^[7][8]

Flanagan was expelled from the Fine Gael parliamentary party on 2 July 2013, when he defied the party whip by voting against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.^[9][10] On 13 September 2013, he and six other expellees formed the Reform Alliance, described as a "loose alliance" rather than a political party.^[11]

On 13 March 2015, Renua was launched, with Flanagan as one of its three sitting TDs and many other Reform Alliance members as declared election candidates. Later that day Flanagan represented the party in an interview on RTÉ's Drivetime radio news programme, where he was unable to answer any questions about the party's policies.^[12][13][14]

ترشح فلاناغان كمرشح عن حزب رينوا في دائرة دبلن باي الشمالية الجديدة في الانتخابات العامة لعام 2016 ، لكنه خسر مقعده، حيث تم استبعاده في الجولة التاسعة من فرز الأصوات. ^{[ 15 ]}

في أبريل 2017، تم الإعلان عن انضمامه مجدداً إلى حزب فاين غايل. ^{[ 16 ]}

في نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2018، اختارته فروع حزب فاين غايل المحلية ليكون مرشحًا في دائرة دوناغميد الانتخابية التابعة لمجلس مدينة دبلن، وذلك لخوض الانتخابات المحلية لعام 2019. ^{[ 17 ] [ 18 ]} وفي أبريل/نيسان 2019، تلقى إنذارًا من مراقبي النظافة في مجلس مدينة دبلن لمخالفته اللوائح بعد تعليقه ملصقات انتخابية قبل الموعد المسموح به. وادعى أنه كان في وضع غير مواتٍ بسبب ذلك. ^{[ 19 ]} كما أُجبر على الاعتذار بعد أن أثار تعليقه للملصقات في الساعة الثالثة صباحًا قلق امرأة مسنة. ^{[ 20 ]}

انتُخب فلانغان لعضوية مجلس مدينة دبلن في الانتخابات المحلية لعام 2019، عن منطقة دوناغميد. لكنه لم يفز بإعادة انتخابه في الانتخابات المحلية لعام 2024 .