Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
List of Irish Leaders of the Opposition
Table title:
Leader of the Opposition
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > No. </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Name (Birth–Death) </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Portrait </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Constituency </th><th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Term of office </th><th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Taoiseach </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Clare </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 January 1922 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 June 1922 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Arthur Griffith (1922) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thomas Johnson (1872–1963) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dublin County </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 September 1922 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11 August 1927 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour Party </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > W. T. Cosgrave (1922–32) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > (1) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Clare </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11 August 1927 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 March 1932 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fianna Fáil </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 3. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > W. T. Cosgrave (1880–1965) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Cork Borough </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 9 March 1932 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > January 1944 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Cumann na nGaedheal </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=4 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=4 > Éamon de Valera (1932–48) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=3 > Fine Gael </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Thomas F. O'Higgins (1890–1953) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Leix–Offaly </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > January 1944 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 June 1944 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Richard Mulcahy (1886–1971) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tipperary </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 June 1944 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 February 1948 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > (1) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Clare </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 February 1948 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13 June 1951 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fianna Fáil </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John A. Costello (1948–51) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John A. Costello (1891–1976) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dublin South-East </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13 June 1951 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 June 1954 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fine Gael </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Éamon de Valera (1951–54) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > (1) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Clare </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 June 1954 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 20 March 1957 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fianna Fáil </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John A. Costello (1954–57) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > (6) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > John A. Costello (1891–1976) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Dublin South-East </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 20 March 1957 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 21 October 1959 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=5 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=5 > Fine Gael </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=5 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Éamon de Valera (1957–59) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=3 > Seán Lemass (1959–66) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > James Dillon (1902–1986) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Monaghan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 21 October 1959 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 21 April 1965 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 8. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Liam Cosgrave (1920-2017) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 21 April 1965 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 14 March 1973 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jack Lynch (1966–73) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jack Lynch (1917–1999) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Cork City North-West </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 14 March 1973 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5 July 1977 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fianna Fáil </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Liam Cosgrave (1973–77) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 10. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Garret FitzGerald (1926–2011) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Dublin South-East </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 5 July 1977 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 30 June 1981 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Fine Gael </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jack Lynch (1977–79) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Charles Haughey (1979–81) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Charles Haughey (1925–2006) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dublin North-Central </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 30 June 1981 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 March 1982 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fianna Fáil </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Garret FitzGerald (1981–82) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > (10) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Garret FitzGerald (1926–2011) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dublin South-East </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 March 1982 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 14 December 1982 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fine Gael </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Charles Haughey (1982) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > (11) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Charles Haughey (1925–2006) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dublin North-Central </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 14 December 1982 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10 March 1987 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fianna Fáil </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Garret FitzGerald (1982–87) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Alan Dukes (born 1945) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Kildare </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10 March 1987 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 20 November 1990 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=3 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=3 > Fine Gael </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=3 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Charles Haughey (1987–92) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 13. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > John Bruton (born 1947) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Meath </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 20 November 1990 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 15 December 1994 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Albert Reynolds (1992–94) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 14. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Bertie Ahern (born 1951) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dublin Central </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15 December 1994 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 26 June 1997 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fianna Fáil </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Bruton (1994–97) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > (13) </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Bruton (born 1947) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Meath </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 26 June 1997 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 February 2001 </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=4 >  </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=4 > Fine Gael </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=4 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=3 > Bertie Ahern (1997–2008) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15. </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Michael Noonan (born 1943) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Limerick East </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9 February 2001 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6 June 2002 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 16. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Enda Kenny (born 1951) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Mayo </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 6 June 2002 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 9 March 2011 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Brian Cowen (2008–11) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 17. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Micheál Martin (born 1960) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Cork South-Central </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 9 March 2011 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Incumbent </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=2 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > Fianna Fáil </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Enda Kenny (2011–2017) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Leo Varadkar (2017–present) </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
Who succeeded Bruton as Irish Leader of the Opposition in 2001 and which party did both candidates represent?
Answer:
Michael Noonan succeeded John Bruton of Fine Gael as the Leader of the Opposition in 2001.