Niall Murphy (politician)

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Niall Murphy is an Irish Green Party politician who was a member of Galway City Council from May 2020 to June 2024. He was selected as the party's candidate in the 2026 Galway West by-election to fill the seat vacated by Catherine Connolly on her election to the position of President of Ireland.

Biography

Murphy lives in Salthill, Galway with his wife and three children. He is a software engineer working for medical device and communications multinationals in Galway for twenty five years. He was co-opted to Galway City Council in May 2020 to fill the Galway City West seat of his party colleague, Pauline O'Reilly, who had been elected to the Labour Panel of Seanad Éireann in the 2020 Seanad election.

As councillor he served on the board of University of Galway and Leisureland. In 2022, Murphy was one of only four councillors, including Colette Connolly, Owen Hanley and his party colleague, Martina O'Connor, who opposed a motion to revoke plans for a temporary 3km cycleway along the Salthill promenade.