Danny O'Hare

Daniel O'Hare, often Danny O'Hare, (born 1942), is an Irish academic and former university leader, best known as the founding leader and first president of Dublin City University, one of two new universities established in Ireland in September 1989. He has also held a wide range of public governance positions, and is an elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy in the Science division. Coming from Dundalk, until 1960.

Academic career O'Hare graduated from University College Galway (UCG), including a cooperative education system, INTRA.

O'Hare announced in November 1998 that he would step down in September 1999.

Consultant roles O'Hare has been a consultant to the World Bank and the OECD. During his time at DCU, he was also asked to chair a local project coordination body, Dublin City Council's Ballymun Regeneration Ltd., overseeing the more than a billion euro investment in renewing much of the residential provision for the area, as well as provision of new civic facilities, and 2013-2018, where he chaired the Fitness to Practice Committee and was a member of several other committees.

He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Dublin (1992), University of Ulster (1994), Queen's University, Belfast (1995), the National University of Ireland (1999), and DCU (2008).

Personal life O'Hare is married to Sheelagh (née Kenny) from Galway, and they have four children, Michael, Nicholas, Domhnall and Fiona.