[1] He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 14th Seanad on 20 June 1980 to fill vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Yeats.
[1] He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate for the Wicklow constituency at the 1981 general election.
In 1988 he was co-opted to replace the deceased councillor Jim Miley by Fianna Fáil, however he was not selected to run for the party in 1991 local elections.
[3] From 1991 to 2019, he was an independent member of Wicklow County Council for the Baltinglass electoral area, which covers the western portion of County Wicklow.
A farmer in Manor Kilbride, he is married to Kathryn, and they have two sons.