Michael Conaghan

Michael Conaghan (4 September 1944 – 4 August 2026) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South-Central from 2011 to 2016. He also served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2004 to 2005.

Life and career Conaghan was originally from County Donegal. He lived in Ballyfermot, Dublin and was married with two children. He was 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. 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,

Conaghan died in Dublin on 4 August 2026, at the age of 81.