Geraldine Kennedy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Geraldine Kennedy
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 1, 1951(1951-09-01)
Age	73
Birthplace	Carrick-on-Suir
Country	Ireland
Birth City	County Waterford
Horoscope	Virgo

Geraldine Kennedy Biography

Geraldine Kennedy is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 1, 1951 in Carrick-on-Suir, County Waterford, Ireland. Geraldine Kennedy (born 1 September 1951) is an Irish politician and journalist who was one of the very first women to be editor at The Irish Times newspaper. She also served as the Teachta Dala (TD) for the Dun Laoghaire constituency from 1987 until 1989.

In 1987, Kennedy successfully sued the Charles Haughey led Fianna Fail government for illegally tapping her cell phone.

Following her election defeat, Kennedy returned to The Irish Times, then edited by Conor Brady, whom she had worked with at the Tribune when he was the editor. She avoided party-political journalism for several years, but she returned to covering politics in the early 1990s, and became The Irish Times’ political editor in 1999. She became the newspaper’s first female editor upon the departure of Conor Brady in late 2002. One of her rivals for the editor’s chair was the paper’s high-profile columnist, Fintan O’Toole.

In September 2006, Kennedy approved the publication of an article in The Irish Times giving confidential details of investigations being made into payments purported to have been made in 1993 to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. Kennedy refused, upon request of the investigating Tribunal, to provide details of the source of the printed information. She responded that the documents had since been destroyed. Her refusal caused the Tribunal to seek High Court orders compelling her to provide details of the source. On 23 October 2007, the High Court granted the orders compelling her to go before the Tribunal and answer all questions. In its judgment, the High Court, criticising her decision to destroy the documents, said it was an “astounding and flagrant disregard of the rule of law”. In 2009, however, the Supreme Court overturned this ruling, holding that the High Court had not struck the correct balance between the journalists’ right to protect their source and the tribunal’s right to confidentiality.

Kennedy was a candidate in the general election of 1987 as she ran for president of the newly-formed Progressive Democrat party in Dun Laoghaire. Kennedy finished second in the election, securing 9.4 percent of the first- preference vote. Kennedy was one of 14 Progressive Democrat TDs elected to Dail Eireann in the election — an achievement that the party did not repeat. Kennedy was elected as the party’s spokesperson on foreign affairs.

Geraldine Kennedy Net Worth

Geraldine Kennedy is one of the richest Politician from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Geraldine Kennedy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The Sunday Tribune was founded by Sunday Tribune in 1980, Kennedy was appointed the newspaper’s political correspondent. The newspaper’s editor, John Mulcahy, had been acquainted with Kennedy through her contributions to his magazine Hibernia. After the Tribune temporarily stopped production, Kennedy moved to the Sunday Press.

On the night of October 22, 1982, Kennedy’s cell phone together with the phones from two more journalists was recorded by the the former Minister of Justice Sean Doherty. It was revealed in the year 1992 the fact that Charles Haughey had ordered the phone taps prompted Haughey’s resignation as Taoiseach.

She stood again in the 1989 general election and won 9% of the first- preference vote but failed to retain her seat.

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Geraldine Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Geraldine Kennedy celebrates birthday on September 1 of every year.