Michael Conaghan
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] BiographyConaghan 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] References
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