Ben Briscoe

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Ben Briscoe (born March 1934) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a TD for the constituency of Dublin South West and from 1969, Dublin South Central. Briscoe was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1965 General Election to succeed his father, Robert Briscoe who had been a TD for 38 years. Ben Briscoe retained his seat for 37 years until retiring at the 2002 General Election. In 1988/1989 he was Lord Mayor of Dublin, a post also previously held by his father.

In the 1992 General Election Ben Briscoe was involved in a marathon recount battle with Democratic Left's Eric Byrne to decide the fate of the final seat in Dublin South Central. Briscoe was declared the victor after ten days of re-counting and re-checking ballot papers. Briscoe is one of the few Jewish politicians in Ireland.