# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-desmond
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:23:57.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-desmond"
name: "Barry Desmond"
slug: "barry-desmond"
description: "Barry Desmond is an Irish former Labour Party politician who was Minister for Health from 1982 to 1987 and Minister for Social Welfare from 1982 to 1986. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1989, a Minister of State from 1981 to 1982, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Dublin from 1989 to 1994, and Ireland's member of the European Court of Auditors from 1994 to 2000."
tagline: "Irish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Desmond%2C_circa_1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1935-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.34
  momentum:             12
  historical:           6.339669333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Desmond"
    title: "Barry Desmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "باري ديزموند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "بارى ديزموند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Desmond"
    title: "Barry Desmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Desmond"
    title: "Barry Desmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Desmond"
    title: "Barry Desmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Desmond"
    title: "Barry Desmond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809027"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump