Richard Burke

Politician + Elder + Commissioner

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Born Mar 29, 1932

Age 81

Richard Burke (born 29 March 1932) is a former senior Irish Fine Gael politician and a European Commissioner. Dick Burke was born in New York in the United States in 1932. He was raised in Tipperary and educated at the Christian Brothers School, Thurles… Read More

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Feb 5, 2009

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Joan Cusack and Husband Richard Burke - Friends with Money - Premiere - Egyptian Theater, Hollywo...

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Mar 28, 2006

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Los Angeles Premiere of "Friends With Money"

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Mar 27, 2006

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Joan Cusack and Richard Burke Friends With Money Premiere Egyptian Theater

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Joan Cusack
Married 1993 - Present

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2 Charged With Giving Pot Cookies To New Jersey Students
Fox News - Oct 12, 2012

Two Warren County residents have been arrested after some high school students became sick after eating cookies believed to be laced with marijuana. Dennis Horvath and Sharon Getz of Pohatcong are each charged with four drug offenses and one count of child abuse. Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke says several students at Phillipsburg High School reported being sickened on Thursday after eating the cookies. It's not clear how they got the cookies....
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Richard Burke: Growing A Bio Based Economy
Gazette Net - Mar 05, 2012

HADLEY - Today, a college football player may just as likely get a face mask full of soy turf as natural grass. In the past five years, industrial uses of U.S. soy have increased 50 percent. During that time, many major college and professional sports programs have adopted a soy-based artificial turf over labor-intensive grass or the petroleum-based turfs of yesteryear. read more
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No Traffic, No Commercial Benefits For Falmouth Town Centre Jamaica Gleaner
Google News - Sep 16, 2011

President of the Trelawny Chamber of Commerce, Richard Burke, says that while the whole purpose of the cruise-ship pier was sold as a benefit to the people of Falmouth, the absence of the supporting structures to bring business into the town has
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The Tire Shop Wins Senior League Sunny South News
Google News - Sep 15, 2011

... Bob Young, Ken Perdue and George Power. In Tuesday, Aug. 30 play Brian Murkin posted the low gross with a 40 and Ken Heaton had low net at 29. Low team net was Spring Butte Dairy with 60 from Mervin Jackson, George Berg, Richard Burke and Jim Day
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1932 Birth Dick Burke was born in New York in the United States in 1932. … Read More

THIRTIES

1967 35 Years Old However, he soon became a member of Fine Gael, becoming a member of Dublin County Council in 1967.

1969 37 Years Old Two years later in 1969 he was elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time, becoming a TD for Dublin County South. … Read More

FORTIES

1973 41 Years Old In 1973 a new Fine Gael-Labour coalition government was formed and Burke was appointed Minister for Education. … Read More

1976 44 Years Old In 1976 he won an internal cabinet battle with Justin Keating for the nomination as Ireland’s European Commissioner. … Read More

1977 45 Years Old Burke did not contest the 1977 general election but on the completion of his four-year term as Commissioner, Burke accepted an invitation to stand at the 1981 election for Fine Gael on returning to Ireland from Harvard University after his fellowship year at leveret house 1980-1981. … Read More

FIFTIES

1982 50 Years Old However, Burke was not appointed to the short lived cabinet. He retained his seat in the general election which followed in February 1982, but Fine Gael was out of office. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1998 66 Years Old Burke became President and chief executive officer of the Stichting Cannon Foundation in Europe until his retirement in 1998. … Read More

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