FitzGerald was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election , for the Dublin South -- East constituency , the same year he obtained his PhD for a thesis later published under the title `` Planning in Ireland '' .
FitzGerald was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election , for the Dublin South East constituency , the same year he obtained his PhD for a thesis later published under the title `` Planning in Ireland '' .