A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Tipperary South in Ireland on Thursday, 22 June 2000, to fill a vacancy in the 28th Dáil. It followed the death of Labour Teachta Dála (TD) Michael Ferris on 20 March 2000.
The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 31 May 2000.
The by-election was won by the independent candidate Séamus Healy, elected as part of Workers and Unemployed Action.
The other candidates were senator Tom Hayes standing For Fine Gael who would win the 2001 Tipperary South by-election, Barry O'Brien for Fianna Fáil and Ellen Ferris for the Labour Party who was Michael Ferris's widow, Mary Heaney for Christian Solidarity and Raymond McInerney for Natural Law.
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