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A long-standing politician, he started his career as a Donegal county councillor in 1979. He first entered the Dáil 1981 and was last re-elected in 2002. He has held numerous front bench positions throughout his lengthy political career and became an MEP in 2009, but he lost his seat in 2014. http://www.patthecope.com/index.html

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