Eileen Desmond

Eileen Desmond
Minister for Health
In office 30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Preceded by	Michael Woods
Succeeded by	Michael Woods
Minister for Social Welfare
In office 30 June 1981 – 9 March 1982
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Preceded by	Michael Woods
Succeeded by	Michael Woods
Teachta Dála
In office June 1981 – February 1987
Constituency	Cork South-Central
In office February 1973 – June 1981
In office March 1965 – June 1969
Constituency	Cork Mid
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 1979 – 9 July 1981
Constituency	Munster
Senator
In office 5 November 1969 – 18 February 1973
Constituency	Industrial and Commercial Panel
Personal details
Born	Eileen Christine Harrington (1932-12-29)29 December 1932 Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Died	6 January 2005(2005-01-06) (aged 72) Cork, Ireland
Spouse	Dan Desmond ​ ​ (m. 1955; died 1964)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University College Cork

Eileen Christine Desmond (née Harrington; 29 December 1932 – 6 January 2005) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare from 1981 to 1982. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 1969, 1973 to 1981 and 1981 to 1987. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Munster constituency from 1979 to 1981. She was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1969 to 1973.^[1]