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]

Michael Conaghan
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	(1944-09-04) 4 September 1944 (age 80) Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse	Marian Conaghan
Children	2
Alma mater	University College Dublin

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.^[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]