Paschal Mooney

Paschal Mooney
Senator
In office
19 January 2010 – 8 June 2016
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
In office
25 April 1987 – 13 September 2007
ConstituencyCultural and Educational Panel
Personal details
Born (1947-10-14) 14 October 1947 (age 77)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseSheila Baldrey
Children5
Parent

Paschal Canice Mooney (born 14 October 1947) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a former member of Seanad Éireann.[1][2]

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.,[3] re-elected in 2011, but lost his seat in the April 2016 election.

  1. ^ @OireachtasNews (26 April 2016). "Seanad Éireann - Result of the 16th Count - Mooney, Paschal eliminated - #25thSeanad #seeforyourself" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Paschal Mooney". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Mooney re-elected to Seanad". The Irish Times. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.