# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-durkan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:07:15.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-durkan"
name: "Bernard Durkan"
slug: "bernard-durkan"
description: "Bernard J. Durkan is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency from 1997 to 2024, and previously from 1982 to 1997 and 1981 to 1982 for the Kildare constituency. He previously served as Minister of State for Social Welfare from 1994 to 1997. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from May 1982 to November 1982."
tagline: "Irish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard_Durkan_(official_portrait)_2020_(cropped)_2.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.605976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BernardDurkanTD"
    handle:    "BernardDurkanTD"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Durkan"
    title: "Bernard Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Durkan"
    title: "Bernard Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Durkan"
    title: "Bernard Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Durkan"
    title: "Bernard Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Durkan"
    title: "Bernard Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380320"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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