Michael Conaghan | |
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![]() Conaghan in 2008 | |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
Constituency | Dublin South-Central |
Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
In office June 2004 – June 2005 | |
Preceded by | Royston Brady |
Succeeded by | Catherine Byrne |
Personal details | |
Born | Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland | 4 September 1944
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse | Marian Conaghan |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Michael Conaghan (born 4 September 1944) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency from 2011 to 2016. He also served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2004 to 2005. [1]
Conaghan is originally from County Donegal. He lives in Ballyfermot, Dublin and is married with two children. [2] He is a teacher by profession, and was vice-principal of Inchicore College of Further Education.
Originally a member of Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), he was the unsuccessful DSP candidate in Dublin West at the 1982 by-election and the November 1982, 1987, and 1989 general elections. [3] When the party merged with Labour in 1991, he was elected to Dublin City Council representing the Ballyfermot local electoral area. [3] At the 1997 general election, he was an independent candidate in Dublin Central.
He was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2004 to 2005. [4]
He was elected as a Labour TD for Dublin South-Central at the 2011 general election, [3] but did not contest the 2016 general election. [5]
Michael Conaghan | |
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![]() Conaghan in 2008 | |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
Constituency | Dublin South-Central |
Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
In office June 2004 – June 2005 | |
Preceded by | Royston Brady |
Succeeded by | Catherine Byrne |
Personal details | |
Born | Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland | 4 September 1944
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse | Marian Conaghan |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Michael Conaghan (born 4 September 1944) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency from 2011 to 2016. He also served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2004 to 2005. [1]
Conaghan is originally from County Donegal. He lives in Ballyfermot, Dublin and is married with two children. [2] He is a teacher by profession, and was vice-principal of Inchicore College of Further Education.
Originally a member of Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), he was the unsuccessful DSP candidate in Dublin West at the 1982 by-election and the November 1982, 1987, and 1989 general elections. [3] When the party merged with Labour in 1991, he was elected to Dublin City Council representing the Ballyfermot local electoral area. [3] At the 1997 general election, he was an independent candidate in Dublin Central.
He was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2004 to 2005. [4]
He was elected as a Labour TD for Dublin South-Central at the 2011 general election, [3] but did not contest the 2016 general election. [5]