Eoghan Murphy TD |
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Minister of State at the Department of Finance | |
Assumed office 19 May 2016 |
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Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
Preceded by | Simon Harris |
Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2016 |
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Constituency | Dublin Bay South |
Teachta Dála | |
In office February 2011 – February 2016 |
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Constituency | Dublin South-East |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland |
12 April 1982
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Fine Gael |
Alma mater | |
Website | www |
Eoghan Murphy (born April 1982) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-East constituency at the 2011 general election and for Dublin Bay South at the 2016 general election.
Murphy attended St Michael's College, and was educated at University College Dublin (BA, English & Philosophy), and King's College London (MA, International Relations).
Prior to entering politics Murphy worked in international arms control, specifically in the area of nuclear weapons disarmament. He has worked for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin, and before his election to Dublin City Council he was working as a speechwriter for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna.
He was a Dublin City Councillor from 2009 to 2011, having been elected at the 2009 local elections for the Pembroke–Rathmines electoral area.