Facts: - party: fianna fail - office: member of the european parliament teachta dala - term end: may 2014 may 2007 - constituency: east carlow -- kilkenny - term start: june 2004 june 1977 - birth date: 27 september 1952 - name: liam aylward - nationality: irish - image: flickr ireland.jpg - deeep project - mep liam aylward , - birth place: county kilkenny , ireland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of liam aylward .
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liam aylward -lrb- born 27 september 1952 -rrb- is an irish former fianna fail politician .he was a teachta dala -lrb- td -rrb- for the carlow -- kilkenny constituency from 1977 to 2007 , and an alde member of the european parliament -lrb- mep -rrb- for the east constituency from 2004 to 2014 , liam aylward was born in mullinavat , county kilkenny in 1952 .he was educated at st kierans college , kilkenny .he worked as a laboratory technician before getting involved in politics .he was elected to kilkenny county council in 1974 , serving on that authority until 1992 .aylward was first elected to dail Eireann as a fianna fail td for the carlow -- kilkenny constituency at the 1977 general election in what proved to be a landslide for fianna fail .since then he has served as minister of state at the department of energy -lrb- 1988 -- 1989 -rrb- , at the department of education -lrb- 1992 -- 1994 -rrb- and at the department of agriculture and food -lrb- 2002 -- 2004 -rrb- .in 1998 aylward was the subject of a complaint to oireachtas authorities for groping a female usher in the dail bar , for which he apologised .in 2004 he was elected to the european parliament in the east constituency for fianna fail , which was then part of the union for a europe of nations .since the 2009 european parliament election , fianna fail is affiliated with the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe -lrb- alde -rrb- .aylward is a member of the committee on agriculture and rural development , the delegation for relations with mercosur and the delegation to the euro-latin american parliamentary assembly .aylward is also a substitute member of the committee on culture and education and the delegation to the acp -- eu joint parliamentary assembly .because dual mandate legislation forbids members of the european parliament from seeking re-election as members of their national legislatures , liam aylward retired from national politics at the 2007 general election .he was succeeded as a fianna fail td by his brother ,...