constituency birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
carlow -- kilkenny mullinavat , county kilkenny irish fianna fáil teachta dála 1 april 1955 may 2015 may 2007 bobby aylward
 february 2011 bobby aylward
bobby aylward

robert `` bobby '' aylward -lrb- born 1 april 1955 -rrb- is an irish fianna fáil politician and is a teachta dála -lrb- td -rrb- for the carlow -- kilkenny constituency .
he also works as a farmer .
he was a member of kilkenny county council from 1992 until his election to the dáil in 2007 .
he was chairperson of the council from 2003 to 2004 .
he was also a member of the southern fisheries board from 2000 to 2007 , the southern and eastern regional assembly from 1999 to 2004 and the port of waterford , from 1999 to 2004 .
his brother liam previously represented the same constituency for fianna fáil , until he retired from national politics in 2007 , opting to remain in the european parliament .
their father bob aylward was a senator from 1973 until his death in 1974 .
bobby aylward is married and has two sons and one daughter .
he was educated in castlegannon national school , scoil aireagail vocational school and kildalton agricultural college .
he lost his seat at the 2011 general election , but re-gained it at a by-election in may 2015 .
