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Sep 01, 1952 71 years old
Irish politician and judge
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About Séamus Hughes
- Séamus F.
- Hughes (born 1 September 1952) is an Irish District Court judge and former Fianna Fáil politician. He is from Westport, County Mayo.
- Hughes was a solicitor, when he was elected to the 27th Dáil as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo West constituency on his first attempt at the 1992 general election.
- He lost his seat at the 1997 general election when the constituency was combined with Mayo East and the combined Mayo constituency was reduced to 5 seats.
- Hughes was then appointed State Solicitor for County Mayo. Hughes is a District Court judge since 2009, sitting in District Court area Number One which includes Buncrana, Carndonagh, Dungloe, Falcarragh, Glenties, and Letterkenny in County Donegal.
- He has attracted criticism over comments on the ethnic backgrounds of those before him in court, having described some as "neanderthals" and commented on social welfare being like "snuff at a wake".
