Paul Coghlan
Senator Paul Coghlan | |
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Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann | |
Assumed office 15 June 2016 | |
Cathaoirleach | Denis O'Donovan |
Preceded by | Denis O'Donovan |
Senator | |
Assumed office 20 September 1997 | |
Constituency | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Personal details | |
Born |
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland | 1 June 1944
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse(s) | Peggy Coghlan (m. 1986) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University College Cork |
Website | Official website |
Paul Coghlan (born 1 June 1944) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since June 2016 and a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since September 1997.[1][2]
Coghlan unsuccessfully contested the 1992 general election in the Kerry South, constituency. He then stood on the Agricultural Panel in the election to the 20th Seanad, but did not win a seat.[3]
In 1997 he was elected to the 21st Seanad by the Industrial and Commercial Panel, and re-elected in 2002 to the 22nd Seanad, where he was Fine Gael spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. He was re-elected in 2007 to the 23rd Seanad, again by the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
Born in Killarney and still resident in Kerry, he is a member and former President of Killarney Chamber of Commerce. He was a founding director of Radio Kerry and is a trustee and former Chairman of Muckross House. He is also a member of the Institute of Bankers in Ireland, the Life Assurance Association and the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers.
Coghlan was previously a member of Kerry County Council, Killarney Town Council and the Dingle Harbour Commissioners.
Coghlan is a member of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the committee on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.
References
- ↑ "Mr. Paul Coghlan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ "Senator Paul Coghlan elected Leas-Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann - Fine Gael". finegael.ie. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ↑ "Paul Coghlan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2008.