Paschal Mooney
| Paschal Mooney | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
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In office January 2010 – April 2016 |
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| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
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In office April 1987 – July 2007 |
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| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 October 1947 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Baldrey |
| Children | 2 daughters, 3 sons |
Paschal Canice Mooney (born 14 October 1947) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a former member of Seanad Éireann. A journalist and broadcaster, he was first elected to the Seanad in 1987, on the Cultural and Educational Panel. He retained his seat at each subsequent election until losing it at the 2007 election to the 23rd Seanad. He was re-elected to Seanad Éireann on the Agricultural Panel in a Seanad by-election on 19 January 2010., re-elected in 2011, but lost his seat in the April 2016 election.
Born in Dublin, he grew up in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim. He is married to Sheila Baldrey and has five children (2 daughters and 3 sons). His father Joe Mooney was a member of the Seanad (1961–65) and Leitrim County Council (1943–88) while his mother Eva Mooney also served as a member of Leitrim County Council (1988–91). He is the third generation of his family to contribute to public service locally and nationally as his grandfather Andrew Mooney served as a member of Leitrim County Council from 1920–1943.
Mooney has also enjoyed a broadcasting career with RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster. A presenter of a variety of Irish traditional and country music and Sports programmes, he has also devised, scripted and presented numerous music documentaries on Irish and American country music stars. In September 2007, he was the recipient of the UK based Irish Post Newspaper Readers Award for 'Services to the Irish Community in Britain' and as a Senator was a leading campaigner for the undocumented Irish in the USA as well as being the 'Voice of the Irish Diaspora' in Seanad Éireann. He presented music programmes on Ocean FM and Dublin's Country Mix 106.8 and completed a series for RTÉ Radio 1 titled 'Irish Music Legends' which was transmitted in August 2008. He also presented a series titled The Irish Abroad and The Irish Experience both programmes dealing with the Irish Diaspora.
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