What is Jackie Healy-Rae?
'''Jackie Healy-Rae''' (9 March 1931 – 5 December 2014) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] politician. He served as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD) for the [[Kerry South (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Kerry South]] constituency from 1997 to 2011.<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=30&MemberID=501&ConstID=112|title=Mr Jackie Healy-Rae|work=Oireachtas Members Database|accessdate=24 August 2009|archive-date=7 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407194314/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=30&MemberID=501&ConstID=112|url-status=dead}}</ref> Healy-Rae was born in [[County Kerry]], [[Irish Free State]]. He died on 5 December 2014 at [[Kerry General Hospital]] in [[Tralee]], County Kerry after a long illness, aged 83.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1205/664888-jackie-healy-rae/|title=Former Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae dies|work=[[RTÉ News]]|date=5 December 2014|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Healy-Rae, Jackie}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Irish politicians]] [[Category:People from the Republic of Ireland]] {{bio-stub}}