Conor Cruise O’Brien

Donal Conor David Dermot Donat Cruise OBrien 3 November 1917 18 December 2008 often nicknamed The Cruiser was an Irish diplomat politician writer historian and academic who served as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1973 to 1977 a Senator for Dublin University from 1977 to 1979 a Teachta Dála TD for the Dublin NorthEast constituency from 1969 to 1977 and a Member of the European Parliament MEP from January 1973 to March 1973