Joe O'Toole

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Joseph John "Joe" O'Toole (born July 1947) is an Irish politician and an independent member of Seanad Éireann.

First elected to the 18th Seanad in 1987 for the National University of Ireland (NUI) constituency, he has been re-elected by the same constituency to serve in the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Seanads.

Born and brought up in Dingle, County Kerry, O'Toole was a teacher for ten eard and then a school principal in County Dublin. From 1990–2001, he was appointed General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), and from 2001–2003, he was President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions [ICTU]. He lives in Kilsallaghan, County Dublin.

In the Seanad, he is a member of the Parliamentary Joint Finance Committee. His autobiography "Looking under stones: roots, family and a Dingle childhood", was published in 2003.