Maurice Manning was born on 14 June 1943 and is an Irish academic and former Fine Gael politician.
13 Facts About Maurice Manning
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Maurice Manning was born in Bagenalstown, County Carlow, and educated at Presentation De La Salle College there.
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Maurice Manning attended Rockwell College, University College Dublin and the University of Strathclyde.
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Maurice Manning earned a BA and MA from UCD, which in 2000 awarded him a DLitt.
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An academic by background, Maurice Manning previously lectured in the politics department of UCD.
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Maurice Manning is a member of the Senate of the National University of Ireland and of the Governing Authority of UCD, and was a member of the Governing Authority of the European University Institute at Florence.
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Maurice Manning has written several books on modern Irish politics, including a biography of James Dillon, a political novel and a history of the Blueshirts movement.
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Maurice Manning first stood for election in 1979 as a Fine Gael candidate for the Dublin constituency at the first European Parliament election, when he did not win a seat.
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Maurice Manning was unsuccessful again when he stood at the 1981 general election in the Dublin North-East constituency, but was then elected on the Cultural and Educational Panel to the 15th Seanad.
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Maurice Manning retained his seat at the November 1982 general election, but was defeated at the 1987 general election.
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Maurice Manning stood again in Dublin North-East at the 1989 general election, and in Dublin South at the 1992 general election but never returned to the Dail.
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Maurice Manning served as Leader of the Seanad from 1995 to 1997, and as Leader of the Opposition in the Seanad from 1997 to 2002.
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In 2012, with plans announced to merge the IHRC with the Equality Authority, it was expected that Maurice Manning would be appointed as the first head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; however, he did not receive that appointment.