Joe O'Flynn

Joe O'Flynn is an Irish trade union leader and former politician.

Born in the Fairhill area of Cork,[1] O'Flynn joined a trade union when he was sixteen, and began working for it full-time six years later.[2]

O'Flynn was active in the Labour Party, and was elected to Cork City Council in 1991. He stood in the Cork South-Central by-election, 1994, but took only 4.6% of the first preference votes, and was not elected.[3] He served as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1998/1999.[1]

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 serves on Bord Gais Eireann.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Labour man elected Cork Lord Mayor", Irish Times, 15 July 1998
  2. 1 2 SIPTU, "General Secretary: Joe O’Flynn"
  3. ↑ Ray Kavanagh, Spring, Summer & Fall: The Rise and Fall of the Labour Party 1986-99, p.157
Civic offices
Preceded by
Dave McCarthy		 Lord Mayor of Cork
1998–1999		 Succeeded by
Damian Wallace
Trade union offices
Preceded by
John McDonnell		 General Secretary of SIPTU
2002–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
John McDonnell		 Treasurer of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions
2003–present		 Incumbent
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