Ned O'Keeffe was born on 1 August 1942 and is an Irish former Fianna Fail politician who served as a Minister of State from 1997 to 2001.
18 Facts About Ned O'Keeffe
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Ned O'Keeffe served as a Teachta Dala for the Cork East constituency from 1982 to 2011.
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Ned O'Keeffe was a Senator from May 1982 to November 1982, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
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Ned O'Keeffe was educated at Darra College, Clonakilty, where he received a diploma in Social and Rural Science.
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Ned O'Keeffe was a pig farmer before becoming involved in politics.
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Ned O'Keeffe was first elected to the Dail at the November 1982 general election for Cork East.
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Ned O'Keeffe retained his seat at each general election until his retirement in 2011.
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Ned O'Keeffe was a member of Cork County Council for the local electoral area of Mallow from 1985 to 1997.
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Ned O'Keeffe was Fianna Fail Spokesperson on Industry from 1982 until 1987.
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When Bertie Ahern became party leader in 1994, Ned O'Keeffe was appointed deputy Spokesperson on Enterprise and Employment, with responsibility for Commerce, Science, Technology and Small Business.
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Ned O'Keeffe resigned as a minister of state in February 2001 after it emerged that he had voted on a Dail motion without declaring that he had a beneficial interest in the subject matter.
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On 28 November 2007, O'Keeffe resigned the Fianna Fail party whip as he refused to support a motion of confidence in the Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney.
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Ned O'Keeffe was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2009 European Parliament election for the South constituency.
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Ned O'Keeffe retired from politics at the 2011 general election.
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Ned O'Keeffe was arrested on 27 April 2012, by members of the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation on suspicion of using a false invoice to claim for mobile phone expenses while he was a member of the Oireachtas.
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Ned O'Keeffe was held for a number of hours at Cobh Garda station under section 26 of the Criminal Justice Act 2001.
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Ned O'Keeffe's son, Kevin, was a member of Cork County Council and was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2011 general election.
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Kevin Ned O'Keeffe was elected to Dail Eireann in the 2016 general election.