Thomas Gildea

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Thomas Gildea

Thomas Gildea (born September 1939) is a former Irish

Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
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Teachta Dála

A Teachta D?la is a member of D?il ?ireann, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas of Republic of Ireland. The official translation of Teachta D?la is Deputy to the D?il, a more literal translation is...
, who was elected as an independent candidate in the 1997 general election

Irish general election, 1997

The Irish general election of 1997 was held on Friday, 6 June 1997. The 166 newly elected members of the 28th D?il assembled on 26 June 1997 when a new Taoiseach and Government of Ireland were appointed....
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A farmer representing Donegal South West

Donegal South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Donegal South West is a Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland represented in D?il ?ireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas....
, he won popular local support for his campaign to legalise 'deflectors' which retransmitted British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
television

Television

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channels in rural areas, but which had been shut down in the wake of legal action by cable

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
and MMDS operators. (There had been notable single issue 'deflector' candidates in previous general elections elsewhere in the country — the 1992 general election had Liam Hurley of South Coast Community TV standing in the Cork South Central constituency, whilst Dermot Kirwan representing Waterford deflector groups ran in Waterford for the 1997 General Election.)

Gildea did not stand for election in the 2002 general election

Irish general election, 2002

The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002 just over three weeks after the Dissolution of parliament of the Members of the 28th D?il on Thursday 25 April by President of Ireland Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern....
but went on to become Chairman of the National Community Television Association.

In the June 1999 local elections, he was elected as a member of Donegal County Council, for Glenties

Glenties

Glenties is a village in the northwest of Ireland in central County Donegal. It is situated where two glens meet, northwest of the Blue Stack Mountains, near the confluence of two rivers....
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