Paul Connaughton | |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | February 2011 |
Term End: | February 2016 |
Constituency: | Galway East |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1982 |
Birth Place: | Mountbellew, County Galway, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Children: | 1 |
Father: | Paul Connaughton Snr |
Alma Mater: | NUI Galway |
Paul Connaughton Jnr (born 6 January 1982) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1] [2]
Connaughton was a member of the Public Accounts Committee. He is from Mountbellew, County Galway, he was a member of Galway County Council for the Ballinasloe local electoral area from 2009 to 2011. His father Paul Connaughton Snr was a TD for Galway East from 1981 to 2011. He attended NUI Galway.[3]
Connaughton lost his seat at the 2016 general election.[2]