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Joan Burton (born 1 February 1949) is an Irish Labour Party politician. She is currently a TD for the Dublin West constituency and is the Labour Party Spokesperson for Finance and party Deputy Leader.

 

Burton is a native of the Stoneybatter area of Dublin. She was educated at St Joseph Sisters of Charity Secondary School, Stanhope Street and University College Dublin (UCD) where she graduated with a degree in Commerce. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. She has worked as a lecturer in Accountancy in the Dublin Institute of Technology and the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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