Gay Mitchell

Gabriel Gay Mitchell is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency from 2004 to 2014. He was a Teachta Dla for the Dublin SouthCentral constituency from 1981 to 2007. He was defeated by Enda Kenny in the 2002 Fine Gael leadership election. Mitchell was the Fine Gael candidate at the 2011 Irish presidential election.

Gabriel Mitchell was born in Inchicore, Dublin in 1951. Mitchells mother, Eileen, was left a widow with nine children whom she supported by working as an office cleaner. He was educated at St. Michaels Congregation of Christian Brothers, Emmet Road Vocational School, Dublin Institute of Technology, College of Commerce, and Queens University Belfast. His brother, Jim Mitchell, was a longserving Fine Gael TD and former government minister.

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