Tony McLoughlin

Tony McLoughlin (born 19 January 1949) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency from 2011 to 2020.

He was elected to Sligo County Council in 1974 and was subsequently elected to Sligo Borough Council in 1979, in place of his father Pat.

McLoughlin is a nephew of Joseph McLoughlin, who was a Fine Gael TD for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency from 1961 to 1977.

In 2017, McLoughlin's Private Members Legislation to provide for the prohibition of the exploration and extraction of petroleum from shale rock, tight sands and coal seams in the Irish onshore and Ireland's internal waters was enacted and the process otherwise known as Fracking was banned in Ireland.

In June 2018, McLoughlin announced that he would not be contesting the next general election.