Dara Murphy
Dara Murphy | |
|---|---|
Murphy in 2017 | |
| Minister of State | |
| 2014–2017 | European Affairs and Data Protection |
| 2014–2017 | Justice and Equality |
| 2014–2017 | Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2011 – 3 December 2019 | |
| Constituency | Cork North-Central |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1969 Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse |
Tanya Murphy (m. 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Christian Brothers College, Cork |
| Alma mater | University College Cork |
Dara Murphy (born 2 December 1969) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2017 and Lord Mayor of Cork from 2009 to 2010. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency from 2011 to 2019.
He resigned as a TD in December 2019 in the wake of a controversy about his lack of attendance in Dáil Éireann, in order to take a full-time position in the administration of the European Union.