Description
Se�n O'Connor is an Irish businessman and former politician.
On 13 December 1982, O'Connor was nominated to Seanad �ireann. He was nominated to the 16th Seanad to fill a vacancy, and was briefly a member until its dissolution on 21 December 1982. He is a grandson of Taoiseach Se�n Lemass, and lectures in Political Marketing and Public Affairs Ethics at Dublin Institute of Technology. He as an unsuccessful candidate for a University seat at the 2007 Seanad election.
Together with Ronan Morgan, O'Connor is a co-founder of Rally Ireland, a round of the World Rally Championship. It was the largest North-South sporting initiative ever undertaken. Research undertaken by the University of Ulster has estimated that hosting the 2007 WRC round was worth ?46 million to the economy. In addition, this sporting series has a global annual TV audience of over 800 million people. Rally Ireland had over 240,000 spectators and a TV audience in 180 markets.
In 2009, O'Connor joined the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE as Director of Strategy to assist in the staging of the first Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Born
April 29th, 1960 in (Age 64)
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2024/10/03
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2024/10/03
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2024/06/14
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