About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: Batt Donegan, Bernard McGlinchey, Charles McDonald (Irish politician), Daniel Hogan (Irish politician), Daniel Moloney, Dominick Murphy, Donall O Conallain, Eamonn Kissane, Eoin Ryan, Snr, George O'Brien (Irish politician), Gerald Boland, Gerry L'Estrange, Gus Healy, Jack Fitzgerald (politician), James Dooge, Joe Mooney (politician), John Brennan (Irish senator), John Butler (Irish politician), John Costelloe, John J. Nash, John Mannion, Snr, John N. Ross, Joseph Farrell, Kit Ahern, Liam Ahern, Liam O Buachalla, Margaret Mary Pearse, Mark Killilea, Snr, Mary Davidson, Michael Hayes (politician), Michael Yeats, Micheal Prendergast, Nora Connolly O'Brien, Padraig O Siochfhradha, Patrick Crowley (politician), Patrick Fitzsimons, Patrick Lindsay (politician), Patrick O'Reilly (Longford politician), Patrick Quinlan (politician), Robert Lahiffe, Sean Brosnahan, Sean Browne, Sean Hayes (Tipperary politician), Sean O'Donovan, Thomas Flanagan (Irish politician), Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (Cavan politician), Thomas Mullins (Irish politician), Thomas Ruane, Timothy McAuliffe, Timothy O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail politician), Tom Nolan, Victor Carton, William Bedell Stanford, William J.E. Jessop, William Ryan (Irish politician), William Sheldon (Irish politician). Excerpt: This is a list of the members of the 10th Seanad Eireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1961, after the 1961 general election and served until the close of poll for the 11th Seanad in 1965. There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the Vocational Panels, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach. The following table shows the composition by party when the 10th Seanad first met on 14 December 1961. James Clement Dooge (30 July 1922 - 20 August 2010) was an Irish politician, engineer, climatologist, hydrologist and academic. Dooge had a profound effect on the debate on climate change, in the world of hydrology and in politics in the formation of the European Union. Dooge lived a multifaceted existence with his roles including a period as Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Acting President of Ireland (Presidential Commission), chairman of the report which led to the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht, Chairman of the Irish Senate, Professor of Engineering in University College Cork and University College Dublin, President of the International Council for Science, President of the Royal Irish Academy and Chairman of the Irish Film Board. Dooge was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the Fellowship of Engineering. He worked as an expert consultant to a wide range of specialized United Nations agencies including UNESCO, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He also acted in an expert consultancy role to DGXII (Research) at the European Commission. He is best known in Ireland as only the second Senator to be appointed to the cabinet. In the world of academia and hydrology he is known for his numerous publications in the field with unit hydrograph theory developed by Dooge in 1959 and is generally regarded as a pioneer in the field
