In the Irish presidential election of what year, outgoing President Patrick Hillery agreed under enormous political pressure to seek a second term, though Seán MacBride, a former Nobel Peace Prize and Lenin Peace Prize winner, made it known in the newspaper that he wanted to contest the office,  an Irish government minister, a prominent international politician and a Chief of Staff of the IRA?
Irish presidential election, 1983 In the Irish presidential election of 1983 outgoing President Patrick Hillery agreed under enormous political pressure to seek a second term. Though former Nobel Peace Prize and Lenin Peace Prize winner Seán MacBride made it known in the "Sunday Press" newspaper that he wanted to contest the office, only Hillery was nominated and was declared re-elected without the need for a poll.
Michael O'Kennedy Michael Eamon O'Kennedy (born 21 February 1936) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Labour from 1991 to 1992, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1987 to 1991, European Commissioner for Personnel, Administration and the Statistics Office from 1981 to 1982, Minister for Finance and Minister for the Public Service from 1979 to 1980, Minister for Economic Planning and Development from 1979 to 1980, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1979, Minister for Transport and Power from January 1973 to March 1973, Minister without portfolio from 1972 to 1973 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education from 1970 to 1973. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary North constituency from 1969 to 1981, 1982 to 1992 and 1997 to 2002.