Maurice Ahern

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title: "Maurice Ahern" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1930s-births", "living-people", "year-of-birth-uncertain", "ahern-family", "fianna-fáil-local-councillors", "lord-mayors-of-dublin", "sport-ireland-officials", "people-educated-at-o'connell-school", "fianna-fáil-candidates-in-dáil-elections"] description: "Irish former politician (born 1938)" topic_path: "politics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ahern" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Irish former politician (born 1938) ::

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Field	Value
office	Dublin City Councillor
term_start	June 1999
term_end	June 2009
constituency	Cabra–Glasnevin
office1	Lord Mayor of Dublin
term_start1	June 2000
term_end1	June 2001
predecessor1	Mary Freehill
successor1	Michael Mulcahy
party	Fianna Fáil
birth_date
birth_place	Dublin, Ireland
spouse	Moira Murray
children	6
relatives
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| image = | caption = | office = Dublin City Councillor | term_start = June 1999 | term_end = June 2009 | constituency = Cabra–Glasnevin | office1 = Lord Mayor of Dublin | term_start1 = June 2000 | term_end1 = June 2001 | predecessor1 = Mary Freehill | successor1 = Michael Mulcahy | party = Fianna Fáil | birth_date = | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Moira Murray | children = 6 | relatives = Maurice Ahern (born 1938) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. He was a member of Dublin City Council for the Cabra–Glasnevin local electoral area from 1999 to 2009. He was first elected at the 1999 local elections, topping the poll. He was re-elected at the 2004 local elections. He was the Lord Mayor of Dublin in 2000, and formerly Leader of the Fianna Fáil group on the council. He was a member of the Irish Sports Council.

He is married to Moira Murray, and they have five sons and one daughter. His eldest son, Dylan Ahern, was found dead in his apartment on 22 November 2009.

He is the elder brother of Bertie Ahern and Noel Ahern, both of whom served as Fianna Fáil TDs, Bertie Ahern having served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008.

He was the Fianna Fáil candidate in the Dublin Central by-election which was held on 5 June 2009. He lost that election being beaten into 5th place. On the same day, he also lost his council seat in the 2009 local elections.

References

|years = 2000–2001}}

References

1. (10 May 2009). "FF's Peter Pan faces wrath of cuckoo in the nest Lee". [[Irish Independent]].
2. (June 2020). "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020". Dublin City Council.
3. (22 November 2009). "Son of Maurice Ahern found dead in his apartment". [[Sunday Tribune]].
4. (6 May 2009). "Parties select bye-election candidates". [[RTÉ News]].

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