. . . . . . "Joe Higgins"@en . "Teachta D\u00E1la" . . . . . . . "Member of the European Parliament" . . "Joe Higgins (born 20 May 1949) is an Irish Socialist Party politician. In the 2011 general election he was elected to D\u00E1il \u00C9ireann as Teachta D\u00E1la (TD) for the Dublin West constituency, having previously served in that capacity from 1997 to 2007. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2009 to 2011, the first Socialist Party MEP."@en . "1949-05-20Z"^^ . .