Beverley Flynn
Beverley Flynn (b. June
1966) is an
Irish politician, one of five
TDs representing the constituency of
Mayo. She was first elected to
Dáil Éireann in the
1997 general election, as a member of the
Fianna Fáil party.
She resigned from the party briefly in
1999, and was expelled in April
2001, in connection with allegations that she had encouraged tax evasion while an employee of
National Irish Bank. She was allowed to rejoin FF again after the
2002 election, but was again expelled after losing a libel action on the matter in
2004. A
cumann (branch) of the Fianna Fáil party that had continued to support Flynn was disbanded by the party headquarters. She is expected to stand for re-election in the 2007 General Election and may again be successful, a view which is supported by a number of astute political observers in the West who give her a sporting chance of winning the final seat because of her core support in the Castlebar area .
Ms. Flynn is the daughter of former senior Fianna Fáil politician,
Padraig Flynn. In
2003, given that her marriage to Mr. Cooper had ended sometime previously, she requested that the media refer to her as Beverley Flynn.
*http://www.ireland.com/focus/election_2002/biogs/cooper-flynn_beverley.htm
