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Place of Birth: Killarney, Munster, Ireland
About Paul Coghlan
- 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.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.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.
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