Michael Conaghan Explained

Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:February 2011
Constituency:Dublin South-Central
Office1:Lord Mayor of Dublin
Term Start1:June 2004
Term End1:June 2005
Predecessor1:Royston Brady
Successor1:Catherine Byrne
Birth Date:4 September 1944
Birth Place:Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Labour Party
Spouse:Marian Conaghan
Children:2

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]

Biography

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. 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, but did not contest the 2016 general election.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael Conaghan. Oireachtas Members Database. 23 April 2011. 8 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044921/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Michael-Conaghan.D.2011-03-09/. live.
  2. Web site: Michael Conaghan TD. The Labour Party website. 27 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110407070937/http://www.labour.ie/michaelconaghan/. 7 April 2011.
  3. Web site: Michael Conaghan. ElectionsIreland.org. 23 April 2011. 12 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110312182733/http://electionsireland.org//candidate.cfm?ID=3529. live.
  4. Web site: Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 . Dublin City Council. June 2020. 18 November 2023.
  5. News: Labour TD confirms he will not contest next general election. The Irish Times. 30 June 2015. 12 August 2015. 3 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150703035303/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/labour-td-confirms-he-will-not-contest-next-general-election-1.2268287. live.