13 Facts About Flor O'Mahony

Flor O'Mahony was born in Dalkey, Dublin on 23 January 1946.

Flor O'Mahony attended Presentation College in Glasthule and University College Dublin, graduating with a degree in English literature and economics.

Flor O'Mahony joined the Labour Party during his time in UCD.

In 1967, while still in college in UCD, Flor O'Mahony was elected to Dun Laoghaire Corporation at the age of 21.

From 1973 to 1977, Flor O'Mahony was a policy advisor to the Tanaiste and Minister for Health, Labour Party leader Brendan Corish.

Flor O'Mahony himself stood unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate at the 1969 and 1973 general elections in the Dun Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency.

Flor O'Mahony stood in Dublin North-Central at the November 1982 and 1987 general elections, and in Dun Laoghaire at the 1989 general election, but never won a seat in Dail Eireann.

Flor O'Mahony was an Associate Lecturer in European Studies at the Institute of Public Administration in Dublin.

Flor O'Mahony subsequently told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children that he could not remember who gave him information about a meeting of a Department of Health working group which had allowed him to circulate a report of the meeting to tobacco companies within 24 hours of the meeting.

Howell told a sub-committee in 2001 that Flor O'Mahony had been "less than candid in his replies" to the committee.

Flor O'Mahony was one of three former senior officials of the Irish Labour Party reported to have had ties with the tobacco industry.

Flor O'Mahony met his wife Judy during his final year at UCD.

Flor O'Mahony died in Dublin on 28 July 2023, at the age of 77.