Noel Davern was an Irish Fianna Fail politician who served as Minister of State from 1997 to 2002 and Minister for Education from 1991 to 1992.
10 Facts About Noel Davern
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Noel Davern served as a Teachta Dala for the Tipperary South constituency from 1969 to 1981 and 1987 to 2007.
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Noel Davern served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Munster constituency from 1979 to 1984.
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Noel Davern was educated at CBS Cashel and at Franciscan College in County Meath.
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Noel Davern's father Michael Davern was a Fianna Fail TD from 1948 to 1965, when he was succeeded in Dail Eireann by Noel's brother Don Davern.
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Noel Davern did not contest the 1981 general election so as to concentrate his time as an MEP.
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Noel Davern was again elected to Dail Eireann at the 1987 general election, and came to national prominence in 1991 when he was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for Education.
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Noel Davern's stay in government was short-lived because Reynolds became Taoiseach in early 1992 and he was again sent to the backbenches.
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Fianna Fail were returned to government and Noel Davern became Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food.
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Noel Davern was one of only three Members of the 29th Dail who had first been elected in the 1960s, the others being Seamus Pattison, elected at the 1961 general election and Michael Smith, elected at the 1969 general election.