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.
Biography
Conaghan is originally from County Donegal. He lives in Ballyfermot, Dublin and is married with two children. 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. At the 1997 general election, he was an independent candidate in Dublin Central.
He was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2004 to 2005.
He was elected as a Labour TD for Dublin South-Central at the 2011 general election, but did not contest the 2016 general election.