Paul Gogarty
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Cllr Paul Gogarty |
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Paul Gogarty
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| South Dublin County Councilor | |
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Assumed office May 2014 |
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| Constituency | Lucan |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office May 2002 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Dublin Mid-West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 December 1968 Castlepollard, Westmeath, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations |
Green Party (1989–2011) |
| Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
| Website | www |
Paul Nicholas Gogarty (born 20 December 1968) is an Irish politician. He became a Green Party councillor on South Dublin County Council in 1999. He was a Green Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency from 2002 to 2011. He returned to the County Council as an independent politician in 2014. He is also a musical performer. Gogarty contested the 2016 general election as part of the Independent Alliance, but was not elected.
Gogarty joined the Green Party in 1989 as a student. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1991 local elections for Fingal County Council. He was first elected at the 1999 local elections for the Lucan local electoral area of South Dublin County Council.
Gogarty previously contested the 1992 and 1997 general elections in the Dublin West constituency. He also ran at the 1996 by-election caused by the death of Brian Lenihan, Snr. At the 2002 general election he was elected to the Dáil for the new Dublin Mid-West constituency. He was the first Green Party member to be elected in a three-seat constituency. After his election, Gogarty gave up his local council seat, in line with Green Party policy against dual-mandate and was succeeded by the late Fintan McCarthy. At the 2007 general election, he retained his Dáil seat, taking the second seat in the enlarged constituency.
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