Thomas Meaney

Thomas Meaney (11 August 1931 – 26 December 2022) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Minister of State from 1980 to 1981.

His father Con Meaney was also a Fianna Fáil TD.

When his father retired at the 1965 general election, Tom Meaney succeeded him as the Fianna Fáil TD for the Cork Mid constituency.

[2] In March 1980, he was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy, serving until June 1981.

He was part of a group of Fianna Fáil TDs known as the Gang of 22, who opposed the leadership of Charles Haughey in the early 1980s.