16 Facts About Brendan Halligan

Brendan Halligan was an Irish economist and politician.

Brendan Halligan was founder and president of the Institute of International and European Affairs, a think tank on European and international issues.

Brendan Halligan was president of the Ireland China Institute, an independent think tank based in Dublin, Ireland, which was officially launched in October 2019.

Brendan Halligan's career spanned Irish public sector bodies and work in the private sector.

Brendan Halligan grew up in Rialto and was educated at St James's Christian Brothers School, Dublin.

Brendan Halligan studied in Dublin Institute of Technology and became a chemical analyst in the CIE depot in Inchicore.

Brendan Halligan received a master's degree in economics from UCD in 1964.

The party leader, Brendan Corish, relied on Halligan's intellectual and political skills in his new role.

Brendan Halligan strongly supported both approaches, but was instrumental in securing the party's eventual, somewhat unwilling, reversal of its anti-coalition stance after its disappointing result in the 1969 general election.

Brendan Halligan stood again in the revived Dublin North-West constituency at the 1981 and November 1982 general elections, but again was not elected.

Brendan Halligan continued to serve as General Secretary of the party until 1980, and was appointed a Member of the European Parliament from 1983 until 1984, replacing Frank Cluskey, where he specialised in economic affairs and energy policy.

In 1980, Brendan Halligan set up CIPA, his own public affairs consultancy based in Dublin, and became a lecturer in Economics at the University of Limerick.

Brendan Halligan was chairman of European Movement Ireland during the late 1980s.

Brendan Halligan was President of the IIEA, and he was a Board Member of Mainstream Renewable Energy.

Brendan Halligan died on 9 August 2020 after a long illness.

Brendan Halligan was a pragmatic European intellectual, in the tradition of Spinelli, Monnet and Schuman.