Ben Briscoe was born on 11 March 1934 and is an Irish former Fianna Fail politician.
10 Facts About Ben Briscoe
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Ben Briscoe was a Teachta Dala for 37 years, representing constituencies in the south Dublin city area.
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Briscoe was first elected to Dail Eireann as a Fianna Fail TD for the Dublin South-West constituency at the 1965 general election, succeeding his father Robert Briscoe who had been a TD for 38 years.
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Ben Briscoe was elected at the 1969 general election for Dublin South-Central, where he was re-elected in 1973, and after major boundary changes for the 1977 general election he was elected for the Dublin Rathmines West constituency.
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Ben Briscoe was re-elected for the re-established Dublin South-Central constituency, which he held until he retired at the 2002 general election.
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Ben Briscoe was very critical of the cult of personality surrounding Fianna Fail leader Charles Haughey during the 1980s, which Ben Briscoe once compared to a "Fascist Dictatorship".
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Ben Briscoe accordingly helped lead the quietly discontented anti-Haughey faction within Fianna Fail, which included Charlie McCreevy, during Haughey's time as Taoiseach.
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At 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.
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Ben Briscoe's term covered the second half of Dublin's Millennium Year 1988.
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Ben Briscoe's father was one of several Jews involved in the War of Independence and Sinn Fein movements.