P. J. Mara | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 12 May 1982 – 21 December 1982 | |
| In office 10 July 1981 – 24 October 1981 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick James Mara 1 February 1942 Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 15 January 2016 (aged 73) Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse |
Breda Mara
(m. 1968; died 2003) |
| Domestic partner | Sheila Brogan |
| Children | 2 |
Patrick James Mara (1 February 1942 – 15 January 2016) was an Irish public affairs consultant and politician who served as Senator from July 1981 to October 1981 and May 1982 to December 1982. He was most renowned for being the political adviser to former Taoiseach Charles Haughey. He also served as Press Secretary to Fianna Fáil from 1983 to 1987 and Government Press Secretary from 1987 to 1992.[1]
He was appointed the Fianna Fáil Director of Elections for the 1997, 2002, and 2007 general elections.[2] He was a member of the board of Digicel, the company founded by Denis O'Brien to build mobile networks in the Caribbean.
He was regularly lampooned on the satirical Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) radio sketch show Scrap Saturday, which ran from 1989 to 1991.