Martin Gibbons

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Martin Gibbons (born 1st March 1953) is an Irish farmer and former Progressive Democrat party politician who represented Carlow-Kilkenny in Dáil Éireann from 1987 to 1989.

Gibbons was one of 14 Progressive Democrat TDs elected to the 25th Dáil in the 1987 general election, the first election after the party was founded. He was elected for Carlow-Kilkenny, the constituency previously represented by his father Jim Gibbons, Sr, a long-serving Fianna Fáil TD and Cabinet minister.

He was defeated in the 1989 general election, and did not stand for election again. His brother Jim Gibbons, Jr unsuccessfully contested the seat in the 1997 general election.