Gerard Murphy

Who is Gerard Murphy?

Gerard Murphy is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He served as a Teachta Dála for the Cork North–West constituency from 2002 to 2007.

Murphy was elected to the 29th Dail at the 2002 general election, ousting his Fine Gael running-mate, three-term TD Michael Creed. He was Fine Gael's deputy spokesperson on Justice. He was previously a member of Cork County Council, to which he was elected in 1991. He lost his seat at the 2007 general election to his running-mate Michael Creed. Following his defeat, he ran for election to Seanad Éireann but was defeated. He was re-elected to Cork County Council for the Kanturk electoral area at the 2009 local elections.