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{{Short description|Irish former Labour Party leader (born 1955)}}
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| image          = Eamon Gilmore TD 2014 (cropped).jpg
| caption        = Gilmore in 2014
| office         = [[European Union Special Representative#Human Rights|European Union Special Representative for Human Rights]]
| president      = [[Jean-Claude Juncker]]<br>[[Ursula von der Leyen]]
| term_start     = 1 March 2019
| term_end       = 29 February 2024
| predecessor    = [[Stavros Lambrinidis]]
| successor      = [[Olof Skoog]]
| office1        = [[European Union Special Representative]] for the [[Colombian conflict|Colombian Peace Process]]
| president1     = Jean-Claude Juncker
| term_start1    = 1 October 2015
| term_end1      = 19 February 2019
| predecessor1   = Office established
| successor1     = Office abolished
| office2        = [[Tánaiste]]
| taoiseach2     = [[Enda Kenny]]
| term_start2    = 9 March 2011
| term_end2      = 4 July 2014
| predecessor2   = [[Mary Coughlan (politician)|Mary Coughlan]]
| successor2     = [[Joan Burton]]
| office3        = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade]]
| taoiseach3     = Enda Kenny
| term_start3    = 9 March 2011
| term_end3      = 11 July 2014
| predecessor3   = [[Brian Cowen]] <br/>(Foreign Affairs)<br/>[[Mary Hanafin]] <br/>(Trade)
| successor3     = [[Charles Flanagan]]
| office4        = [[Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland)|Leader of the Labour Party]]
| deputy4        = Joan Burton
| term_start4    = 6 September 2007
| term_end4      = 4 July 2014
| predecessor4   = [[Pat Rabbitte]]
| successor4     = Joan Burton
| office5        = [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe#Chairmanship|Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]]
| 1blankname5    = {{nowrap|Secretary-General}}
| 1namedata5     = [[Lamberto Zannier]]
| term_start5    = 1 January 2012
| term_end5      = 18 December 2013
| predecessor5   = [[Audronius Ažubalis]]
| successor5     = [[Leonid Kozhara]]
| office6        = [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State]]
| suboffice6     = [[Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment|Marine]]
| subterm6       = 1994–1997
| office7        = [[Teachta Dála]]
| term_start7    = [[1989 Irish general election|June 1989]]
| term_end7      = [[2016 Irish general election|February 2016]]
| constituency7  = [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1955|4|24|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Caltra]], [[County Galway]], Ireland
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| party          = [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]]<br/>(1999–present)
| otherparty     = {{ubl|[[Democratic Left (Ireland)|Democratic Left]]<br/>(1992–1999)|[[Workers' Party (Ireland)|Workers' Party]]<br/> (1975–1992)}}
| spouse         = {{marriage|Carol Hanney|1981}}
| children       = 3
| education      = [[Garbally College]]
| alma_mater     = [[University of Galway|University College Galway]]
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| website        = {{URL|gilmore.ie}}|
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'''Eamon Gilmore''' (born 24 April 1955) is an Irish diplomat and former [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] politician. He has served as [[European Union Special Representative#Human Rights|European Union Special Representative for Human Rights]] since February 2019. He has also been the [[European Union Special Representative|European Union Special Envoy]] [[Colombian conflict|for the Colombian Peace Process]] since 2015. He was [[Tánaiste]] and [[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade]] from 2011 to 2014, [[Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland)|Leader of the Labour Party]] from 2007 to 2014, [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe#Chairmanship|Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] from 2012 to 2013, [[Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment|Minister of State at the Department of the Marine]] from 1994 to 1997. He was a [[Teachta Dála]] for the [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]] constituency from 1989 to 2016.<ref name=Tanaiste>{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0308/politics.html |title=Eamon Gilmore set for Foreign Affairs |work=[[RTÉ News]] |date=8 March 2011 |access-date=8 March 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309204250/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0308/politics.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Eamon-Gilmore.D.1989-06-29/|title=Eamon Gilmore|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=19 June 2009|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108190121/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Eamon-Gilmore.D.1989-06-29|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]] he led the Labour Party to its best electoral performance, with a record 37 Dáil seats. [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour]] entered into a [[29th Government of Ireland|coalition government]] with [[Fine Gael]], with Gilmore being appointed Tánaiste and [[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade]].

As Minister for Foreign Affairs, he led Ireland's seventh presidency of the [[European Council]] during the first half of 2013. Throughout 2012, he held the role of Chairperson-In-Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Address by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Eamon Gilmore, Vienna, 12 January 2012 |url=https://www.osce.org/cio/86962 |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.osce.org |language=en}}</ref>

Born in [[County Galway]], Gilmore graduated from [[University of Galway|University College Galway]] (UCG), becoming President of the [[Union of Students in Ireland]]. Later, he entered local politics and worked as a [[Union organizer|trade union organiser]]. As a Democratic Left [[Teachta Dála|TD]], he helped to negotiate that party's merger with Labour. Gilmore was elected unopposed as Labour Party leader in 2007; he resigned from the post in July 2014 and was succeeded by [[Joan Burton]].

==Early life and career==
Eamon Gilmore was born into a small farming family in [[Caltra]], County Galway in 1955. When he was 14 months old his father died, leaving his mother to run the mixed farm and raise Gilmore and his younger brother John.<ref name="autogenerated1">Butler, Kate, Sunday Times Home Ireland Magazine. ''Time and Place Eamon Gilmore''. 16 March 2008.</ref>

Gilmore received his primary education in Caltra, a small two-teacher national school. He was taught there through the medium of [[Irish language|Irish]], and he is a fluent Irish speaker to this day. Following his sixth-year state primary exam, he qualified for a scholarship from [[Galway County Council]] which enabled him to attend secondary school. He entered [[Garbally College]], [[Ballinasloe]], as a boarder in 1967.<ref>Kelly, Ken, Connacht Tribune. ''Gilmore back on familiar turf for Garbally return''. 4 June 2010.</ref>

Availing himself of a third-level grant to fund his degree, he went on to study psychology at UCG. He was an active member of the Drama Society at the university, where his contemporaries included the theatre director Garry Hynes and actor Marie Mullen who both went on to found the [[Druid Theatre Company]]. He also took part in the university debating scene, mainly through the Literary and Debating Society.<ref>McGarry, Patsy, Cois Coirbe ''Memory Lane''. Alumni Office NUI Galway, 2008.</ref>

He was elected class representative and later, at the age of 18, was elected President of [[NUI Galway Students' Union|UCG Students' Union]] from July 1974 to June 1975. In 1975, towards the end of his term of office, he joined the UCG Republican Club which was affiliated to [[Official Sinn Féin]]; that party was subsequently renamed Sinn Féin – The Workers' Party, and later still became the [[Workers' Party (Ireland)|Workers' Party]]. In recent years he has been accused of being evasive on the subject and of trying to play down that he had joined the Official Republican Movement; he has stated that the party "was in the process of becoming the Workers' Party at that time, I can't recall exactly the dates".<ref>Eamon Gilmore interviewed on the 'Marian Finucane Show' on RTÉ Radio One, October 2010.</ref>

From 1976 until 1978, Gilmore served as President of the [[Union of Students in Ireland]] (USI).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/how-power-couple-rose-to-pole-position-in-public-life-2402126.html |title=How power couple rose to pole position in public life |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=1 November 2010 |first1=Brian |last1=McDonald |first2=Fiach |last2=Kelly |access-date=1 November 2010 |archive-date=2 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102151426/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/how-power-couple-rose-to-pole-position-in-public-life-2402126.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Before a career in politics, he worked as a trade union organiser. He joined the Irish Transport & General Workers' Union (now [[SIPTU]]) in 1978 and, after brief spells in Dublin No. 4 (Hotels & Catering) and Dublin No. 14 (Engineering) Branches, was rapidly promoted to become Acting Secretary of the Galway Branch (1978–79), Secretary of the [[Tralee]] Branch (1979–81), and of the Professional & Managerial Staffs Branch (1981–89). He was heavily involved in organising tax protests in Galway and resisting redundancies and closures in [[County Kerry]].<ref>Devine, Francis, ''Organising History, A Centenary in Siptu''. Gill and McMillan, 2009.</ref>

Gilmore has described the driving factors which have informed his working life, whether as a trade union officer or public representative. "I like advocating. I love to share in the joy people get out of cracking it, getting the job or getting some right they should have. I get huge satisfaction out of working for improvements and seeing those come through".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.villagemagazine.ie/index.php/2010/07/eamon-gilmore-interviewed/|work=The Village|first=Niall|last=Crowley|title=Interview Eamon Gilmore – Equality for the Majority|date=9 July 2010|access-date=5 November 2010|archive-date=17 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717061704/http://www.villagemagazine.ie/index.php/2010/07/eamon-gilmore-interviewed/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political career==
Gilmore was elected at the [[1985 Dublin County Council election in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown|1985 election to the electoral county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]], serving on both [[Dún Laoghaire Borough Council]] and [[Dublin County Council]]. He was re-elected at the [[1991 Dublin County Council election in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown|1991 election]]; both were abolished in January 1994, with Gilmore continuing thereafter for [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council]].

He was first elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] at the [[1989 Irish general election|1989 general election]] as a member of the [[Workers' Party (Ireland)|Workers' Party]] for the constituency of [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]] and was re-elected at every subsequent general election until he retired at the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]].<ref name=elecs_irl>{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3531|title=Eamon Gilmore|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=19 June 2009|archive-date=3 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203041251/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3531|url-status=live}}</ref>

After the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], he was linked with [[Proinsias De Rossa]] in attempting to jettison some of the Workers' Party's [[Marxist]] aspects and to move the party towards an acceptance of free-market economics.<ref>Proinsias De Rossa, 'The case for a new departure Making Sense', March–April 1992.</ref>

In an attempt to address these issues Gilmore and De Rossa along with their supporters sought to distance themselves from paramilitary activity at a special {{lang|ga|[[Ardfheis]]}} held in [[Dún Laoghaire]] on 15 February 1992. A motion proposed by De Rossa and general secretary [[Des Geraghty]] sought to stand down the existing membership, elect an 11-member provisional executive council and make several other significant changes in party structures was defeated.<ref>Sean Garland, 'Beware of hidden agendas', Making Sense March–April 1992.</ref> The following day at an ''Ard Chomhairle'' meeting, six of the party's seven TDs, including De Rossa and Gimore, resigned from the Workers' Party to create a new political party, [[Democratic Left (Ireland)|Democratic Left]] (originally known as New Agenda).{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Throughout his political career, Gilmore has worked for peace in [[Northern Ireland]]. Along with other prominent figures including Proinsias de Rossa and [[Eamon Dunphy]], Gilmore was among the first organisers of the [[Peace Train Organisation|Peace Train]] campaign which was started in 1989 in response to the repeated bombing of the [[Belfast–Dublin line|Dublin to Belfast railway]] by the [[Provisional IRA]]. Northern Ireland was also a priority for Gilmore as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade]] during which time his efforts to reach out to the unionist community in particular were acknowledged.<ref name="irishtimes.com">{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/unionist-politicians-sit-up-in-cambridge-as-gilmore-majors-with-timely-offer-and-powerful-delivery-1.1520423 |title=Unionist politicians sit up in Cambridge as Gilmore majors with timely offer and powerful delivery |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=26 June 2014 |archive-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910123418/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/unionist-politicians-sit-up-in-cambridge-as-gilmore-majors-with-timely-offer-and-powerful-delivery-1.1520423 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/gilmore-appalled-and-saddened-by-smithwick-findings-1.1616729 |title=Gilmore 'appalled and saddened' by Smithwick findings |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224942/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/gilmore-appalled-and-saddened-by-smithwick-findings-1.1616729 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref>

In the [[24th government of Ireland|Rainbow Coalition]], between 1994 and 1997, Gilmore served as [[Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment|Minister of State at the Department of the Marine]] where he is credited for overseeing major reform in port ownership, investment in port development, banning nuclear vessels from Irish seas and restricting dumping at sea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-01-24/18/|title=Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) – Vol. 447 No. 11|date=25 January 1995|access-date=19 May 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=February 2011}}

With Labour's [[Brendan Howlin]], Gilmore was a central figure in the negotiations that led to the merger of Democratic Left with the Labour Party in 1999 under the Leadership of [[Ruairi Quinn]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0906/labour_av.html |title=Brian Dowling looks back Eamon Gilmore's path to political Leadership |work=[[RTÉ News]] |date=6 September 2007 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> From 1999 to 2007, he sat on the Labour Party front bench as Environment, Housing and Local Government Spokesperson.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

[[Image:Eamon Gilmore, circa 2002 01.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Gilmore in 2002]]
After Quinn's resignation in 2002, Gilmore unsuccessfully contested the Leadership won by former student union and political colleague [[Pat Rabbitte]].{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

Around this time, Gilmore voiced his support for the [[Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly]], an organisation which campaigns for the democratic reformation of the United Nations, and the creation of a more accountable international political system.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://en.unpacampaign.org/supporters/overview/?mapcountry=allhea&mapgroup=hea|title=Supporters|work=Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly|access-date=2017-09-21|language=en-US|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124055113/http://en.unpacampaign.org/supporters/overview/?mapcountry=allhea&mapgroup=hea|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Labour Party leader===
[[File:Michael D. Higgins with Derek Nolan and Eamon Gilmore 2009.jpg|thumb|Gilmore, [[Derek Nolan]] and [[Michael D. Higgins]] campaigning in [[Galway]] in 2008.]]
[[File:Eamon Gilmore on Liberty Hll.jpg|thumb|Banner of Gilmore on [[Liberty Hall]], 2009]]

Following [[Pat Rabbitte]]'s resignation as party leader in August 2007, Gilmore announced his candidacy for the leadership. He received support from senior figures such as [[Michael D. Higgins]], [[Ruairi Quinn]], [[Willie Penrose]], [[Liz McManus]] and [[Emmet Stagg]], and did not have to contest a ballot, being formally confirmed as leader on 6 September, after being the only declared candidate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0906/labour.html|title=Gilmore declared new Labour leader|work=[[RTÉ News]]|date=6 September 2007|access-date=6 September 2007|archive-date=12 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912070341/http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0906/labour.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He became the tenth leader of the Labour Party.

From early on in his Leadership Gilmore insisted that Labour should aspire to lead the next Government and set about building Labour as a third option for voters.<ref name=hotpress/> At the [[2009 Irish local elections|2009 local elections]], the Labour Party added to its total of council seats, with 132 seats won (a gain of 43) and by July 2010 had gained an additional six seats from councillors joining the party since the election. On [[Dublin City Council]], the party was again the largest, but now with more seats than the two other main parties combined.

At the [[2009 European Parliament election in Ireland|2009 European Parliament election]] held on the same day, the Labour Party increased its number of seats from 1 to 3, retaining the seat of [[Proinsias De Rossa]] in the [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin constituency]], while gaining seats in the [[East (European Parliament constituency)|East constituency]] with [[Nessa Childers]], and in the [[South (European Parliament constituency)|South constituency]] with [[Alan Kelly (politician)|Alan Kelly]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://irishtimes.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx|title=How Ireland Voted special supplement|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=9 July 2010|access-date=5 November 2010|archive-date=4 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104023231/http://irishtimes.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2014}}

Gilmore campaigned for a Yes vote in the [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008|first Lisbon Treaty referendum]] in 2008. When it was defeated, he declared that the "Lisbon Treaty is dead". According to a [[United States diplomatic cables leak|wikileaks cable]] dated 23 July 2008 and released in 2011, he told the US Ambassador privately that he would support a second referendum. The ambassador reported that: "He explained his public posture of opposition to a second referendum as 'politically necessary' for the time being".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/wikileaks/gilmore-took-opposing-views-in-public-and-in-private-2662663.html|title=Gilmore 'took opposing views in public and in private'|work=Irish Independent|date=1 June 2011|access-date=1 February 2012|archive-date=18 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118102115/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/wikileaks/gilmore-took-opposing-views-in-public-and-in-private-2662663.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, after a second referendum had approved it, the Lisbon Treaty proposal was passed by the [[Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland]].

In September 2009, at the Labour Parliamentary Party Meeting in [[Waterford]], Gilmore categorically ruled out a coalition with [[Fianna Fáil]] after the next general election, reiterating what he had said in earlier interviews.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0909/breaking79.html|title=Gilmore rules out coalition with FF after election|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=10 September 2009|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=22 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022142454/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0909/breaking79.html|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

In his leader's address to the 2010 Labour Party Conference (17 April 2010), Gilmore outlined his vision that the Labour Party should lead the way in building 'One Ireland'. In this speech, he listed the Labour Party's policy priorities as Jobs, Reform and Fairness. He also said he was determined that the Labour Party would run enough candidates at the next general election to enable the Irish people to make Labour the largest party in the Dáil and to lead the next government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.labour.ie/press/listing/12715316113515565.html |title=One Ireland: Gilmore addresses Labour Conference |work=Labour Party |date=17 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305094014/http://www.labour.ie/press/listing/12715316113515565.html |archive-date=5 March 2012 }}</ref>

In July 2010, Gilmore again ruled out a coalition between his party and Fianna Fáil after a general election, even if such a coalition would put him in a position to become [[Taoiseach]]. Gilmore also said his party was well-positioned to win at least one seat in each of the country's 43 constituencies, and two seats in some constituencies in [[Dublin]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]], other urban areas and commuter-belt counties. In all, he said the party had the potential to win 50 seats or more.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0721/breaking2.html|title=Gilmore rules out FF coalition|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=21 July 2010|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=22 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022115344/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0721/breaking2.html|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Gilmore also played a leading role in the modernisation and liberalisation of Ireland's social legislation, most notably on divorce and abortion, and has been to the fore in the campaign for gay marriage. He is often quoted for citing gay marriage as "the civil rights issue of this generation". Gilmore also committed to holding a constitutional referendum on the issue a key plank of the Labour/Fine Gael programme for government. A [[Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|referendum on gay marriage]] was held in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/referendum-on-same-sex-marriage-to-be-held-in-2015-1.1584350 |title=Referendum on same-sex marriage to be held in 2015 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111211225/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/referendum-on-same-sex-marriage-to-be-held-in-2015-1.1584350 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="breakingnews">{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/gilmore-gay-marriage-the-civil-rights-issue-of-this-generation-557504.html|title=Gilmore: Gay marriage 'the civil rights issue of this generation' - BreakingNews.ie|publisher=breakingnews.ie|access-date=9 August 2015|date=July 2012|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223803/http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/gilmore-gay-marriage-the-civil-rights-issue-of-this-generation-557504.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a member of the cabinet committee that steered through Ireland's divorce legislation in 1996, as well as a member of the Divorce Action Group which campaigned for the legalisation of divorce in Ireland. In 1983, Gilmore campaigned against the ban on abortion in the Constitution.

As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gilmore was behind the most significant expansion of Ireland's embassy network for several decades, opening eight new diplomatic missions across [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and [[the Americas]] in 2014. Despite considerable media focus on the reopening of the embassy to the [[Holy See|Vatican]], which had been closed for economic reasons in 2011 along with the embassy to [[Tehran]], the new missions are largely trade and investment-focussed.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/asia-briefing-expansion-of-irish-missions-recognises-importance-of-asia-1.1711094 Asia Briefing: Expansion of Irish missions recognises importance of Asia] Irish Times, 2014-03-04. {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073733/http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/asia-briefing-expansion-of-irish-missions-recognises-importance-of-asia-1.1711094 |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

In 2013, Gilmore launched the first review of Irish foreign policy since 1996.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/gilmore-announces-complete-review-of-state-s-foreign-policy-1.1593532 Gilmore announces 'complete review' of State's foreign policy] Irish Times, 2013-11-13. {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026143133/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/gilmore-announces-complete-review-of-state-s-foreign-policy-1.1593532 |date=26 October 2020 }}</ref>

Gilmore was a member of the Economic Management Council (EMC) from 2011 to 2014, along with Taoiseach [[Enda Kenny]], [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]], [[Michael Noonan (Fine Gael politician)|Michael Noonan]], and [[Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation|Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform]], Brendan Howlin. For the first three years of the [[Fine Gael]]/Labour government, the EMC was regarded as the lynchpin of the coalition's stability.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/success-or-failure-in-meeting-bailout-targets-will-be-crucial-test-of-economic-body-1.538019 Success or failure in meeting bailout targets will be crucial test of economic body] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116112519/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/success-or-failure-in-meeting-bailout-targets-will-be-crucial-test-of-economic-body-1.538019 |date=16 November 2018 }} Irish Times, 2012-08-17.</ref>

In May 2014, after a poor showing for Labour at the [[2014 Irish local elections|local]] and [[2014 European Parliament election in Ireland|European elections]], Gilmore resigned as leader. Following a [[2014 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)|leadership election]] in July 2014, he was succeeded as party leader and as Tánaiste by [[Joan Burton]].<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0704/628419-labour-party/ Need to govern with more heart, says Joan Burton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705175229/http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0704/628419-labour-party/ |date=5 July 2014 }} RTÉ News, 2014-07-04.</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/eamon-gilmore-resigns-as-tanaiste-30407176.html Eamon Gilmore resigns as Tanaiste] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235205/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/eamon-gilmore-resigns-as-tanaiste-30407176.html |date=14 July 2014 }} Irish Independent, 2014-07-04.</ref>

===2011 general election===
Gilmore led Labour to the best electoral performance in the party's 99-year history at the [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]]. The party won 37 seats. It did especially well in Dublin, taking 18 seats to become the largest party in the capital. Gilmore topped the poll in the [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire constituency]].{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

===Tánaiste and government minister (2011–14)===
Following the election, Labour entered a coalition with Fine Gael. Gilmore became [[Tánaiste]] and [[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade]].<ref name=Tanaiste/> He named five ministers to [[Government of the 31st Dáil|cabinet]], six [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Ministers of State]], and [[Máire Whelan]] as [[Attorney General of Ireland|Attorney General]]. He also recreated the office of the Tánaiste within the [[Department of the Taoiseach]] to enhance his control over Government policy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0713/1224300653907.html|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Mary|last=Fitzgerald|title=Kenny appoints second secretary general|date=13 July 2011|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=14 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714011004/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0713/1224300653907.html|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref> This office was originally created under Tánaiste [[Dick Spring]] in 1992, but was abolished by his successor [[Mary Harney]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gilmore-gains-more-say-over-policy-as-he-expands-his-role-2824014.html|work=Irish Independent|first=Fionnan|last=Sheahan|title=Gilmore gains more say over policy as he expands his role|date=18 July 2011|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719094445/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gilmore-gains-more-say-over-policy-as-he-expands-his-role-2824014.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Troika bailout exit===
On 15 December 2013, Ireland became the first eurozone country to exit a €67.5 billion EC/ECB/IMF bailout programme following a multi-year programme. The [[Troika (European group)|troika]] bailout was triggered in November 2010 following the collapse of the Irish property market which in turn had pushed the country's banks into financial crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inquiries.oireachtas.ie/banking/volume-1-report/chapter-10/|title=Chapter 10: Ireland and the Troika Programme {{!}} Report of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis|language=en|access-date=2019-03-21|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321142719/https://inquiries.oireachtas.ie/banking/volume-1-report/chapter-10/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A blanket guarantee on all of the liabilities of the Irish banks — established by the previous [[Fianna Fáil]]/[[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]] [[28th Government of Ireland|coalition]] in September 2008 — dragged the State to near bankruptcy and forced the government to turn to the [[EU]]/[[IMF]] as lenders of last resort.<ref name="thejournal">{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/bank-guarantee-oral-history-30-september-2008-1103254-Sep2013/|title=30 Days in September: An Oral History of the Bank Guarantee|date=17 December 2014 |publisher=thejournal.ie|access-date=9 August 2015|archive-date=28 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428065733/http://www.thejournal.ie/bank-guarantee-oral-history-30-september-2008-1103254-Sep2013/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2014, the Government announced that it would exit the EU/IMF bailout programme without seeking a precautionary credit line, often referred to as a 'clean bailout exit'. In an interview with [[RTÉ]]'s [[Morning Ireland]] radio programme on 15 November, Gilmore explained that the Government had conducted a long process of consultation with international institutions and other EU member states before deciding to exit the bailout cleanly. He also pointed to the existence of a €20&nbsp; billion "backstop" of reserve funding held by the National Treasury Management Agency that could fund the Irish State up until the beginning of 2015 if so required.<ref name="stroller">{{cite web|url=http://castroller.com/podcasts/RtMorning/3819349 |title=RTÉ – Morning Ireland – CastRoller |publisher=castroller.com |access-date=9 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023801/http://castroller.com/podcasts/RtMorning/3819349 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

===Northern Ireland===
On 11 November 2012, Gilmore became the first Irish Government Minister to take part in the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony in [[Belfast]] when he laid a laurel wreath at the [[Cenotaph]] at [[Belfast City Hall]] to honour those who had died in the First and Second World Wars. He attended the ceremony again the following year.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1109/344888-gilmore-belfast-remembrance-sunday/ Eamon Gilmore to lay wreath at Belfast Remembrance event] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193318/http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1109/344888-gilmore-belfast-remembrance-sunday/ |date=14 July 2014 }} RTÉ News, 2012-11-09.</ref><ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1110/485740-gilmore-belfast/ Taoiseach, Tánaiste mark Remembrance Sunday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114163920/http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1110/485740-gilmore-belfast/ |date=14 November 2014 }} RTÉ News, 2013-11-10.</ref>

In September 2013, the [[Irish Times]] reported that he had "br[oken] new political ground" when in a speech to the British Irish Association in Cambridge, "he went out of his way to address a unionist perception of a failure by a number of Irish governments to properly combat the IRA".<ref name="irishtimes.com"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/state-willing-to-act-on-unionist-claims-over-ira-gilmore-1.1520539 |title=State willing to act on unionist claims over IRA - Gilmore |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235556/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/state-willing-to-act-on-unionist-claims-over-ira-gilmore-1.1520539 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref> In the same speech, he also said he hoped that the [[Government of Ireland]] could "host representatives of the royal family and the British government, along with the leaders of unionism, in Dublin in three years' time in remembering the [[Easter Rising]]".<ref name="breakingnews2">{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/british-royal-family-invited-to-easter-rising-100th-anniversary-606193.html|title=British royal family invited to Easter Rising 100th anniversary - BreakingNews.ie|publisher=breakingnews.ie|access-date=9 August 2015|date=2013-09-07|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221115/http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/british-royal-family-invited-to-easter-rising-100th-anniversary-606193.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was part of the process which aimed at resolving issues relating to parading, flags and emblems, and the past that was chaired by US diplomat [[Richard Haass]] from September to December 2013,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/north-s-talks-face-challenge-to-address-survivor-concerns-1.1540919 |title=North's talks face challenge to address survivor concerns |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120055207/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/north-s-talks-face-challenge-to-address-survivor-concerns-1.1540919 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/draft-peace-plan-for-northern-ireland-published-online-1.1641300 Draft peace plan for Northern Ireland published online] Irish Times, 2014-01-01. {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426152553/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/draft-peace-plan-for-northern-ireland-published-online-1.1641300 |date=26 April 2019 }}</ref> and he maintained contact with the parties involved until he was replaced as foreign affairs minister in a [[Government of the 31st Dáil#Changes July 2014|cabinet reshuffle the following year]].<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/intensive-talks-on-haass-proposals-to-take-place-later-this-month-1.1825878 Intensive talks on Haass proposals to take place later this month] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116072802/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/intensive-talks-on-haass-proposals-to-take-place-later-this-month-1.1825878 |date=16 November 2018 }} Irish Times, 2014-06-09.</ref><ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-and-london-want-ni-parties-back-in-talks-1.1784677 Dublin and London want NI parties back in talks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112004258/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-and-london-want-ni-parties-back-in-talks-1.1784677 |date=12 November 2020 }} Irish Times, 6 May 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/gilmore-and-haass-to-speak-about-window-for-ni-talks-1.1784129 Gilmore and Haass to speak about 'window' for NI talks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116071953/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/gilmore-and-haass-to-speak-about-window-for-ni-talks-1.1784129 |date=16 November 2018 }} Irish Times, 5 May 2014.</ref>

===OSCE chair===
On 1 January 2012, [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] assumed the 2012 chair of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OCSE) for the first time. In his role as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gilmore served as the [[Chairman-in-Office]] of the OSCE.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland-takes-over-chair-of-osce-1.438007|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Mary|last=Fitzgerald|title=Ireland takes over chair of OSCE|date=2 January 2012|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=20 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120070812/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0102/1224309714659.html|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

===EU Presidency and budget negotiations===
As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gilmore led Ireland's seventh [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]] during the first half of 2013. He chaired the [[General Affairs Council]] of the European Union (EU) and acted as lead negotiator for the Council in talks with the European Parliament on a €960&nbsp; billion, seven-year budget deal – also known as a Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) – for the EU for the period 2014–2020.<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/europe/gilmore-will-present-eu-budget-amid-mep-resistance-1.1441961 Gilmore will present EU budget amid MEP resistance] Irish Times, 2013-06-25. {{subscription required}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233030/http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/europe/gilmore-will-present-eu-budget-amid-mep-resistance-1.1441961 |date=3 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gilmore-irish-prominent-in-breaking-deadlock-on-960bn-euro-budget-29246049.html Gilmore: Irish prominent in breaking deadlock on €960bn euro budget] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715104825/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gilmore-irish-prominent-in-breaking-deadlock-on-960bn-euro-budget-29246049.html |date=15 July 2014 }} Irish Independent, 2013-05-06.</ref>

===Ireland's diplomatic network===
In November 2011, Gilmore announced the closure of Ireland's embassies in [[Iran]] and the [[Holy See|Vatican]], and a representative office in East Timor, on economic grounds. Ireland was to retain an ambassador to the Holy See who would reside in Ireland rather than [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1103/embassies.html|title=Irish embassy to the Vatican to be closed|date=3 November 2011|work=[[RTÉ News]]|access-date=3 November 2011|archive-date=4 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104041919/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1103/embassies.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2014, he announced that eight new diplomatic missions would be opened around the world, focusing mainly on trade and investment.<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/embassy-shakeup-targets-emerging-export-markets-29938164.html Embassy shake-up targets emerging export markets] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715034039/http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/embassy-shakeup-targets-emerging-export-markets-29938164.html |date=15 July 2014 }} Irish Independent, 2014-01-22.</ref>

===Undocumented Irish citizens in the US===
As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gilmore lobbied for comprehensive legislation overhauling US immigration laws to help an estimated 11&nbsp;million illegal immigrants, over 50,000 of whom are believed to be Irish.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/gilmore-pushes-for-us-immigration-reform-at-critical-time-1.1460855 |title=Gilmore pushes for US immigration reform at 'critical' time |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=20 February 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704124914/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/gilmore-pushes-for-us-immigration-reform-at-critical-time-1.1460855 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="irishexaminer">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2013/0928/ireland/gilmore-holds-out-hope-to-expats-244595.html|title=Gilmore holds out hope to expats - Irish Examiner|publisher=irishexaminer.com|access-date=9 August 2015|date=2013-09-27|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232421/http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2013/0928/ireland/gilmore-holds-out-hope-to-expats-244595.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="in-us">[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/eamon-gilmore-in-us-today-for-talks-on-immigration-reform-1.1834414 Eamon Gilmore in US today for talks on immigration reform] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125025039/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/eamon-gilmore-in-us-today-for-talks-on-immigration-reform-1.1834414 |date=25 November 2020 }} Irish Times, 2014-06-17.</ref> On 17 June 2014, Gilmore travelled to [[Washington D.C.]] for two days of meetings, most of which focused on [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] members of the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].<ref name="in-us"/><ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/gilmore-optimistic-us-congress-will-pass-immigration-reform-1.1837182 Gilmore 'optimistic' US Congress will pass immigration reform] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118123155/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/gilmore-optimistic-us-congress-will-pass-immigration-reform-1.1837182 |date=18 November 2018 }} Irish Times, 2014-06-18.</ref><ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/us-perceives-need-for-immigration-reform-says-t%C3%A1naiste-1.1853300 US perceives need for immigration reform, says Tánaiste] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116073019/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/us-perceives-need-for-immigration-reform-says-t%C3%A1naiste-1.1853300 |date=16 November 2018 }} Irish Times, 2014-07-03.</ref>

===Croke Park agreement===
In December,{{clarify|date=July 2014}} Gilmore once again put his support behind the Croke Park Deal on public sector pay and conditions. The dismissal of a renegotiation of the deal came in light of comments from [[Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment|Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources]] Pat Rabbitte that the deal could be renegotiated along with calls from junior Fine Gael TDs that the agreement should be scrapped.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1212/breaking15.html|newspaper=The Irish Times|first1=Mary|last1=Minihan|first2=Aoife|last2=Carr|title=Coalition not trying to 'unpick' deal|date=12 December 2011|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=13 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213002044/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1212/breaking15.html|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

==Retirement from Irish politics and afterwards==
On 2 June 2015, Gilmore announced that he would not contest the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/eamon-gilmore-to-retire-from-politics-at-next-election-1.2234807|title=Eamon Gilmore to retire from politics at next election|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=2 June 2015|access-date=2 June 2015|archive-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703035308/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/eamon-gilmore-to-retire-from-politics-at-next-election-1.2234807|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2016, he was appointed as an adjunct professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University.

In 2017, he was a Visiting Practitioner Professor at the School of Public Policy at the Central European University, Budapest. He has also lectured at universities, think tanks and public policy conferences throughout Europe, the UK, the US, Latin America and Africa.

He is also a Member of the External Advisory Board of the National University of Ireland, Galway and is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Alpbach Forum in Austria.

===European Union Special Representative===
On 1 October 2015, Gilmore was appointed by [[High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy]] [[Federica Mogherini]] as [[European Union Special Representative|European Union Special Envoy]] [[Colombian conflict|for the Colombian Peace Process]].

On 19 February 2019, the [[High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy]] [[Federica Mogherini]] nominated Eamon Gilmore to be [[European Union Special Representative#Human Rights|European Union Special Representative for Human Rights]]. His nomination was approved by the [[Foreign Affairs Council]] on 20 February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019D0346 |title=COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2019/346 of 28 February 2019 appointing the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301201500/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019D0346 |url-status=live }}</ref> His mandate ended on 29 February 2024.

== Awards and honours ==
In 2015, Gilmore was named by the Washington-based ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' as one of the 100 leading Global Thinkers for his role in Ireland's marriage equality referendum, which approved same-sex marriage.

In 2016, he was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in law by his alma mater, the National University of Ireland, Galway.

The Government of France has made him an Official of the [[Legion of Honour]].

Colombia has honoured him with the [[Order of San Carlos]] (Gran Cruz) for his work on the Peace Process.

==Personal life==
Gilmore met his wife Carol at university. They have lived in [[Shankill, Dublin]] since 1979, and have two sons and one daughter.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> His brother, John, is a television producer in Washington D.C.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-r1-marianfinucane-2010-07-10.smil. |work=The Marian Finucane Show, RTÉ Radio One |first=John |last=Calder |title=Larry King |date=10 July 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He described his religious beliefs during an interview, saying, "I'm agnostic. I doubt rather than I believe, let me put it that way". He also said "I'm pro-choice" when asked during the same interview if abortion should be legalised.<ref name="hotpress">{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/4154654.html?new_layout=1&page_no=12&show_comments=1|work=Hot Press|title=Take me to your leader|date=15 October 2007|first=Jason|last=O'Toole|access-date=15 April 2012|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808161249/http://www.hotpress.com/archive/4154654.html?new_layout=1&page_no=12&show_comments=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

He published a book in November 2010 entitled ''Leading Lights: People Who've Inspired Me'' and an account of his time as Labour leader during the financial crash and recovery'', Inside the Room: The Untold Story of Ireland's Crisis Government'' in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0925/1224279627775.html|title=Loose Leaves – Eamon Gilmore's book of inspiration in the pipeline|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|first=Caroline|last=Walsh|date=25 September 2010|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=22 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022142607/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0925/1224279627775.html|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1125/1224284100940.html|title=Thatcher influenced Gilmore|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=25 November 2010|access-date=19 March 2011|archive-date=5 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305043415/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1125/1224284100940.html|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside the Room: The Untold Story of Ireland's Crisis Government |url=https://www.irishacademicpress.ie/product/inside-the-room-my-personal-story-of-irelands-crisis-government/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Irish Academic Press |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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