# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-o-dea
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:11:07.172Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-o-dea"
name: "Willie O'Dea"
slug: "willie-o-dea"
description: "William Gerard O'Dea is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency since 2011, and previously from 1982 to 2011 for the Limerick East constituency. He has served as Minister for Defence from 2004 to 2010, and was a Minister of State in different departments from 1992 to 1994, and again from 1997 to 2004."
tagline: "Member of Dáil Éireann (Fianna Fáil, Limerick City)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_O'Dea_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-11-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.899642666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "willieodeaLIVE"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/willieodeatd/"
    handle:    "willieodeatd"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.willieodea.ie"
sources:
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    title: "Willie O'Dea"
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    title: "فيلي أوديا"
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    title: "فيلى اوديا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willie O’Dea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O'Dea"
    title: "Willie O'Dea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O%E2%80%99Dea"
    title: "Willie O’Dea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O'Dea"
    title: "Willie O'Dea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willie O’Dea"
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    title: "Willie O'Dea"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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