Michael Conaghan

Michael Conaghan TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2011
Constituency	Dublin South Central
Personal details
Born	September 1944 (1944-09) (age 67)
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Labour Party
Other political affiliations	Democratic Socialist Party (1982–91)
Spouse(s)	Marian Conaghan
Alma mater	University College Dublin

Michael Conaghan (born September 1944) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South Central constituency at the 2011 general election.^[1]

Conaghan is originally from County Donegal. He lives in Ballyfermot, Dublin. Originally a member of Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party he contested a number of elections for them in the 1980s. When the party merged with Labour in 1991 he was elected to Dublin City Council representing the Ballyfermot local electoral area.^[2] He was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2004–05. Conaghan is a teacher by profession and was vice-principal of Inchicore College of Further Education.

He is married with two children.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Mr. Michael Conaghan". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=31&MemberID=2291&ConstID=91. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
2. ^ "Michael Conaghan". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3529. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
3. ^ "Michael Conaghan TD". The Labour Party website. http://www.labour.ie/michaelconaghan/. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 

External links

• Michael Conaghan's page on the Labour Party website

Civic offices
Preceded by Royston Brady	Lord Mayor of Dublin 2004–2005	Succeeded by Catherine Byrne
Oireachtas
Preceded by Mary Upton (Labour Party)	Labour Party Teachta Dála for Dublin South Central 2011–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Conaghan, Michael
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Date of birth	1944
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