Jack Daly

Who was Jack Daly?

Jack "Jackie" Daly was a Fine Gael politician from County Kerry in Ireland. For many years he was a Senator in the Seanad Éireann.

The founder and managing director of the motor vehicle business ″Killarney Autos″, Daly was elected to the 13th Seanad on 23 April 1975, at a by-election on the Industrial and Commercial Panel following the death of Senator Denis Farrelly. He was defeated at the 1977 Seanad election, and again at the 1981 election, but was re-elected at the 1982 election to the 16th Seanad. He held the seat until his death in 1988, aged nearly 73. The resulting by-election for his seat in the 18th Seanad was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Tony Bromell.

In the Seanad, Daly was a consistent advocate for the interests of the motor industry in Ireland, and served for many years on the council of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry. At the time of his death, he was opposition Chief Whip in the Seanad. Senator Jack Daly mentioned in Seanad in July 2012 http://debates.oireachtas.ie/seanad/2012/07/17/00007.asp