Given the question: Facts:   - party: fianna fáil    - office: member of the european parliament teachta dála      - term end: may 2014 may 2007    - constituency: east carlow -- kilkenny    - term start: june 2004 june 1977    - birth date: 27 september 1952    - name: liam aylward    - nationality: irish    - image: flickr ireland.jpg - deeep project - mep liam aylward ,    - birth place: county kilkenny , ireland   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of liam aylward .
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liam aylward -lrb- born 27 september 1952 -rrb- is an irish former fianna fáil politician .he was a teachta dála -lrb- td -rrb- for the carlow -- kilkenny constituency from 1977 to 2007 , and an alde member of the european parliament -lrb- mep -rrb- for the east constituency from 2004 to 2014 , liam aylward was born in mullinavat , county kilkenny in 1952 .he was educated at st kierans college , kilkenny .he worked as a laboratory technician before getting involved in politics .he was elected to kilkenny county council in 1974 , serving on that authority until 1992 .aylward was first elected to dáil Éireann as a fianna fáil td for the carlow -- kilkenny constituency at the 1977 general election in what proved to be a landslide for fianna fáil .since then he has served as minister of state at the department of energy -lrb- 1988 -- 1989 -rrb- , at the department of education -lrb- 1992 -- 1994 -rrb- and at the department of agriculture and food -lrb- 2002 -- 2004 -rrb- .in 1998 aylward was the subject of a complaint to oireachtas authorities for groping a female usher in the dáil bar , for which he apologised .in 2004 he was elected to the european parliament in the east constituency for fianna fáil , which was then part of the union for a europe of nations .since the 2009 european parliament election , fianna fáil is affiliated with the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe -lrb- alde -rrb- .aylward is a member of the committee on agriculture and rural development , the delegation for relations with mercosur and the delegation to the euro-latin american parliamentary assembly .aylward is also a substitute member of the committee on culture and education and the delegation to the acp -- eu joint parliamentary assembly .because dual mandate legislation forbids members of the european parliament from seeking re-election as members of their national legislatures , liam aylward retired from national politics at the 2007 general election .he was succeeded as a fianna fáil td by his brother ,...