Ryan’s political pedigree failed to impress voters

DEFEATED Dublin MEP candidate Eoin Ryan is the third generation of a powerful political family.

Ryan’s political pedigree failed to impress voters

His grandfather James was a medical officer attending to those wounded in the GPO during the 1916 Rising and went on to play a key role in the Anglo-Irish negotiations before the Civil War.

A founder member of Fianna Fáil and a cabinet minister, Dr James’s son, Eoin senior, served as senator and director of elections for the party in a long political career.

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