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Irish former politician (born 1960)

Michael Mulcahy
Teachta Dála
In office
May 2002 – February 2011
ConstituencyDublin South-Central
Senator
In office
17 February 1993 – 17 September 1997
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
June 2001 – May 2002
Preceded byMaurice Ahern
Succeeded byAnthony Creevey
Personal details
Born (1960-06-23) 23 June 1960 (age 64)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Parent
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

Michael Mulcahy (born 23 June 1960) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency from 2002 to 2011.

A barrister and graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Mulcahy entered politics as a member of Dublin Corporation, where he served from 1985 to 2003. He was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2001 to 2002. He is a son of John Mulcahy, the proprietor of The Phoenix magazine and founder of the Sunday Tribune newspaper, and Nuala Mulcahy.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann on his fifth attempt at the 2002 general election and was re-elected at the 2007 general election.

He had previously served as a Senator in the 20th Seanad, to which he was nominated by the Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds.

He lost his seat at the 2011 general election.

References

  1. "Michael Mulcahy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  2. "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. "John Mulcahy, Romance, rebellion ... and robert emmet". Irish Independent. 12 December 2009.
  4. "Michael Mulcahy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
Civic offices
Preceded byMaurice Ahern Lord Mayor of Dublin
2001–2002
Succeeded byAnthony Creevey
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Elected or nominated later
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin South-Central constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948 Seán Lemass
(FF)
James Larkin Jnr
(Lab)
Con Lehane
(CnaP)
Maurice E. Dockrell
(FG)
John McCann
(FF)
14th 1951 Philip Brady
(FF)
15th 1954 Thomas Finlay
(FG)
Celia Lynch
(FF)
16th 1957 Jack Murphy
(Ind)
Philip Brady
(FF)
1958 by-election Patrick Cummins
(FF)
17th 1961 Joseph Barron
(CnaP)
18th 1965 Frank Cluskey
(Lab)
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
(FF)
19th 1969 Richie Ryan
(FG)
Ben Briscoe
(FF)
John O'Donovan
(Lab)
4 seats
1969–1977
20th 1973 John Kelly
(FG)
21st 1977 Fergus O'Brien
(FG)
Frank Cluskey
(Lab)
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
(FF)
3 seats
1977–1981
22nd 1981 Ben Briscoe
(FF)
Gay Mitchell
(FG)
John O'Connell
(Ind)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Frank Cluskey
(Lab)
24th 1982 (Nov) Fergus O'Brien
(FG)
25th 1987 Mary Mooney
(FF)
26th 1989 John O'Connell
(FF)
Eric Byrne
(WP)
27th 1992 Pat Upton
(Lab)
4 seats
1992–2002
1994 by-election Eric Byrne
(DL)
28th 1997 Seán Ardagh
(FF)
1999 by-election Mary Upton
(Lab)
29th 2002 Aengus Ó Snodaigh
(SF)
Michael Mulcahy
(FF)
30th 2007 Catherine Byrne
(FG)
31st 2011 Eric Byrne
(Lab)
Joan Collins
(PBP)
Michael Conaghan
(Lab)
32nd 2016 Bríd Smith
(AAA–PBP)
Joan Collins
(I4C)
4 seats
from 2016
33rd 2020 Bríd Smith
(S–PBP)
Patrick Costello
(GP)
34th 2024 Catherine Ardagh
(FF)
Máire Devine
(SF)
Jen Cummins
(SD)
  1. O'Connell served as Ceann Comhairle in the 22nd and 23rd Dáil from 1981 to 1983 and was returned automatically at the February 1982 and November 1982 general elections. He joined Fianna Fáil in January 1985.
  2. Founded Right to Change in May 2020.
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