Personal Life
Dukes has lived in Kildare Town since first being elected to represent the Kildare constituency in 1981. His wife Fionnuala is a former local politician and served as a member of Kildare County Council from 1999 until her retirement in 2009. She served as the county's mayor in 2006-07, becoming only the second woman to hold the position in the body's hundred year history. They have two daughters.
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