Frank Cluskey was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism from 1982 to 1983, Leader of the Labour Party from 1977 to 1981 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Welfare from 1973 to 1977.
14 Facts About Frank Cluskey
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Frank Cluskey served as a Teachta Dala for the Dublin South-Central and Dublin Central constituencies from 1965 to 1981 and 1982 to 1989.
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Frank Cluskey worked as a butcher and then joined the Labour Party.
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Frank Cluskey quickly became a branch secretary in the WUI.
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Frank Cluskey married Eileen Gillespie in 1965, a post office civil servant from Clontarf; she died after a short illness in 1978.
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Frank Cluskey was a member of Dublin City Council from 1960 to 1969, and in 1968 he was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin.
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Frank Cluskey introduced sweeping reforms to the area while he held that position, pushing through legislation introducing a 'single-mothers' welfare allowance and managing with his colleagues to triple welfare spending between 1973 and 1977.
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Frank Cluskey played a leading role in initiating the EU Poverty Programmes.
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Frank Cluskey was elected the new leader of the Labour Party.
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However Frank Cluskey had lost his seat at the 1981 general election and resigned the party leadership.
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The coalition government fell in January 1982 over a budget dispute, and Frank Cluskey was re-elected to the Dail at the February 1982 general election.
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Frank Cluskey then resigned from the European Parliament, to be replaced by Brendan Halligan.
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Frank Cluskey retained his Dail seat in the 1987 general election.
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Frank Cluskey died on 7 May 1989 after a long battle with cancer.