Paul Murphy (Irish politician)

Paul Murphy
Murphy in 2016
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
October 2014
ConstituencyDublin South-West
Member of the European Parliament
In office
6 April 2011 – 24 May 2014
ConstituencyDublin
Personal details
Born (1983-04-13) 13 April 1983 (age 41)
Goatstown, Dublin, Ireland
Political party
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Party (2001–2019)
Domestic partnerJess Spear[1]
Children1
Alma materUniversity College Dublin

Paul Murphy (born 13 April 1983) is an Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency since the 2014 Dublin South-West by-election.[2] He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2011 to 2014.[3]

He was previously a member of the Socialist Party and Solidarity, but left in September 2019 to form a new party, RISE.[4][5] In February 2021, RISE joined People Before Profit as a network, and Murphy became a TD for the party.

  1. ^ "Dublin TD Paul Murphy welcomes first child with partner Jess after IVF struggle". Irish Independent. 20 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Paul Murphy". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Paul Murphy". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. ^ Lehane, Mícheál (26 September 2019). "Paul Murphy leaves Socialist Party to set up new group". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. ^ Finn, Christina (30 September 2019). "Paul Murphy unveils new political grouping called RISE". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.