Tony McLoughlin
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Tony McLoughlin is an Irish
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 Fine Gael
Fine Gael
Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...

 politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála
Teachta Dála
A Teachta Dála , usually abbreviated as TD in English, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas . It is the equivalent of terms such as "Member of Parliament" or "deputy" used in other states. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil", though a more literal...

 (TD) for the Sligo–North Leitrim constituency at the 2011 general election. He was elected to Sligo County Council
Sligo County Council
Sligo County Council is the local authority which is responsible for County Sligo in Ireland. The Council is responsible for Housing and Community, Roads and Transportation, Urban planning and Development, Amenity and Culture, and Environment....

 in the mid-1970s and was subsequently elected to Sligo Borough Council. He has served four separate terms as Mayor of Sligo
Sligo
Sligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht...

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McLoughlin is a nephew of Joseph McLoughlin
Joseph McLoughlin
Joseph McLoughlin was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A farmer before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann for the Sligo-Leitrim constituency at the 1961 by-election following the death of the Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála Stephen Flynn...

, who was a Fine Gael TD for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency in the 1960s and 1970s.

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