13 Facts About Dara Murphy

Dara Murphy was born on 2 December 1969 and is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2017 and Lord Mayor of Cork from 2009 to 2010.

Dara Murphy served as a Teachta Dala for the Cork North-Central constituency from 2011 to 2019.

Dara Murphy resigned as a TD in December 2019 in the wake of a controversy about his lack of attendance in Dail Eireann, in order to take a full-time position in the administration of the European Union.

Dara Murphy started several catering businesses, the first while still in college; these prospered until the 2008 recession, when they folded, leaving him with tax debts which were settled in subsequent years.

Dara Murphy was elected to Cork City Council in 2004 and 2009, serving as Deputy Lord Mayor from 2005 to 2006 and Lord Mayor from 2009 to 2010.

Dara Murphy served as the first Chair of the Cork Joint Policing Committee.

Dara Murphy was elected to the Dail for Cork North-Central at the 2011 general election, vacating his seat in Cork City Council.

In October 2017, Dara Murphy was appointed Campaign Director for the European People's Party in the 2019 European Parliament election.

In May 2018, Dara Murphy announced that he intended to retire from Dail Eireann at the next general election.

In November 2019, Dara Murphy revealed that he was resigning as a TD at the end of 2019 to take up a senior position in the European Commission.

From October 2017, Dara Murphy was mainly based in Brussels where he worked with the European People's Party.

Dara Murphy had the lowest attendance rate in the Dail on sitting days by a considerable margin during 2018 and 2019; attending on 42 days out of 104 in 2018, and 24 out of 70 until the end of September 2019.

In 2021, Dara Murphy joined Rasmussen Global as a senior adviser.