Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

I moved to Tallaght with an employer in 1969 and got involved in the community. Unlike some colleagues, I did not sit at my school desk saying I wanted to be a Deputy. That was never in my plans. All I wanted to do was succeed in the grocery trade. Life turns in all sorts of directions, although I have not been offered a record contract yet.

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