Paul Gogarty

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Paul Gogarty
Teachta Dála
In office
May 2002 – February 2011
Constituency Dublin Mid West
Personal details
Born 20 December 1968 (1968-12-20) (age 43)
Castlepollard, County Westmeath
Nationality Irish
Political party Green Party
Alma mater Dublin Institute of Technology
Website www.paulgogarty.com

Paul Nicholas Gogarty (born 20 December 1968) is a former Irish Green Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid West constituency from 2002 to 2011.[1] He currently works freelance as a media commentator and journalist and is understood to be recording songs for upcoming album or single release.

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[edit] Early and private life

Gogarty spent the first four years of his life in Palmerstown, but has mostly lived in Lucan. He was educated at St Mary's Boys National School and Colaiste Padraig, Lucan. He later went on to study journalism at the Dublin Institute of Technology. As a result of this, Gogarty worked as a journalist and editor before being elected to the Dáil in 2002.

[edit] Political career

Gogarty joined the Green Party in 1989 as a student.[2] He ran unsuccessfully at the 1991 local elections in the Castleknock area,[3] and at the 1992[4] and 1997[5] general elections in the Dublin West constituency. He also ran at the 1996 by-election caused by the death of Brian Lenihan, Snr.[6]

Gogarty was first elected at the 1999 local elections in the Lucan area, when he topped the poll with 1,238 votes.[7] At the 2002 general election, he was elected to the Dáil for the new Dublin Mid West constituency.[8] He was the first Green Party member to be elected in a three-seat constituency. After his election, Gogarty gave up his local council seat, in line with Green Party policy against dual-mandate and was succeeded by Fintan McCarthy. At the 2007 general election, he retained his Dáil seat, taking the second seat in the enlarged constituency.[9]

Following the Green Party's entry to government in 2007, Gogarty was appointed chairman of the Oireachtas committee on Education and Science.[10] In 2007, Gogarty unsuccessfully ran for the position of chair in the Green Party, losing to Dan Boyle. In March 2009, Gogarty resigned his position as Green Party spokesperson on Education, but took up the position again in October 2009 following his successes in reversing some of the previous year's education cutbacks as part of the Revised Programme for Government.[11][12]

[edit] 2009 swearing controversy

On 11 December 2009, during his contribution[13] to a debate in the Dáil on the Social Welfare bill of the 2010 budget, Gogarty said to Labour Party TD Emmet Stagg: "With all due respect, in the most unparliamentary language, fuck you Deputy Stagg. Fuck you."[14][15][16][17] He immediately made a personal apology to the House for his use of unparliamentary language,[18] which was criticised by Deputy Lucinda Creighton, who demanded he be suspended.[19] The incident was referred to a sitting of the Dáil committee on procedure and privileges, when it emerged that "fuck" is not included among the list of forbidden words set out in the Salient Rulings of the Chair, the document which regulates the behaviour and conduct of TDs.[20] Gogarty later clarified that the outburst was totally unintentional and not premeditated as some had suggested.[21] He also said that the outburst had to be taken in the context of his contribution during the debate that day[22] as well as a very turbulent and heated debate the previous night[23].

[edit] Loss of seat

Gogarty lost his seat at the 2011 general election, polling 3.47% of the poll and losing his deposit. He conceded defeat at 10:22 a.m. on 26 February after posting on Twitter saying "I concede with good grace".[24][25]

[edit] Political achievements

Gogarty's work in protecting educational investment during a period of cutbacks has been widely reported in the media, including a profile in the Irish Times in November 2010[26], where his contribution was recognised by admirers and detractors alike. Locally, he has played a key role in preventing housing at St Edmundsbury, a sensitive area within the Liffey Valley.

[edit] After politics

In June 2011 Gogarty spent four days filming at the "Charity ICA Bootcamp" in Termonfeckin, Co Louth, where contestants participated in a variety of tasks to prove their rural credentials. The show was broadcast on RTÉ the following August. He raised €5,000 for Pieta House, a suicide prevention and awareness charity[27].

From July to November 2011 Gogarty was involved in season 4 of the RTÉ television series Celebrity Bainisteoir managing Oughterard's Seamus Ó Máille GAA Club, Galway.[28] Tony Cascarino's team beat him in the end, with extra-time being needed in the final for the first time in Celebrity Bainisteoir.[29]

Over the last year Gogarty has done some work as a freelance journalist and advertises media services under the trading name of Neighbourhood Media. He has written articles for the Sunday Times, the FT Wealth "Think Ireland Inc" supplement and the Irish Independent. He has also appeared as a contributor on RTE's John Murray Show[30] and the Newstalk Breakfast Show. He writes an occasional personal blog "Gogsy's Roving i"[31] which has attracted some media attention, most notably for his "Ode to a Crisp Sandwich"[32]" and for his review of the Taste of Dublin festival 2011 "A Taste of Rip-Off"[33].

Gogarty has already begun to post original recorded material on his GOGOWOWWOW YouTube Channel, beginning with "Alone on Mars"[34] which was first performed at a gig in Vicar Street on December 11th 2011. This was followed with an early version of "All My Life" on January 6, 2012[35]. He has also sung at a number of other venues over the last 10 months, including Crawdaddy and the Button Factory. His spoof April Fool's slot on the John Murray Show on 1 April 2011, where he pretended to be releasing his new single with a debut live performance at 9:15am has attracted over 17,000 YouTube hits as of January 2011. This is the highest number of views for any guest performance clip in the show's history,[36]. He attributes this appearance for rekindling his love of singing and songwriting[37]. Gogarty also sang part of a song entitled "Her Guess" during an appearance on the "Saturday Night Show" on 16 April 2011.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Mr. Paul Gogarty". Oireachtas Members Database. http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=29&MemberID=1808&ConstID=83. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  2. ^ "Profile of Paul Gogarty TD". Paul Gogarty's website. http://www.paulgogarty.com/index.php/about/. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  3. ^ "1991 Local elections – Castleknock". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1991L&cons=35. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  4. ^ "1992 General election – Dublin West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992&cons=112. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  5. ^ "1997 General election – Dublin West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1997&cons=112. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  6. ^ "1996 By-election – Dublin West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992B&cons=112%20&ref=115. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  7. ^ "1999 Local elections – Lucan". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1999L&cons=168&sort=first. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  8. ^ "2002 General election – Dublin Mid West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=2002&cons=95. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  9. ^ "Paul Gogarty". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4225. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  10. ^ "Parliamentary Debates". Houses of the Oireachtas. 8 November 2007. http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=EDJ20071108.xml&Ex=All&Page=2. Retrieved 19 June 2009. 
  11. ^ "Gogarty resigns as education spokesman". RTÉ News. 9 March 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0309/gogartyp.html. Retrieved 20 June 2009. 
  12. ^ "Gogarty to quit education post in policy row". Irish Independent. 9 March 2009. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gogarty-to-quit-education-post-in-policy-row-1665742.html. Retrieved 23 May 2009. 
  13. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SLh-1wLIZ8
  14. ^ "Gogarty sorry for 'unparliamentary language'". RTÉ News. 11 December 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1211/politics.html. Retrieved 11 December 2009. 
  15. ^ "Government TD in foul-mouthed outburst in Dáil". Irish Examiner. 11 December 2009. http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/ireland/government-td-in-foul-mouthed-outburst-in-dail-437918.html. Retrieved 11 December 2009. 
  16. ^ "Vol. 697 No. 5: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages". Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 December 2009. http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2009/12/11/00006.asp. Retrieved 10 December 2010. 
  17. ^ "Irish lawmaker drops the F-bomb". Ryan Saylor. 12 December 2009. http://ryansaylor.com/archives/576. Retrieved 15 December 2009. 
  18. ^ "Irish MP's 'F-word' sparks review". BBC News. 15 December 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8413122.stm. Retrieved 22 May 2010. 
  19. ^ "Vol. 697 No. 5 Personal Apology by Deputy". 11 December 2009. http://debates.oireachtas.ie/DDebate.aspx?F=DAL20091211.xml&Node=H6#H6. Retrieved 11 December 2009. 
  20. ^ "Changes expected to Dáil code after use of 'f-word'". The Irish Times. 14 December 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1214/1224260654123.html. Retrieved 6 July 2010. 
  21. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEeKkSv7N0w
  22. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SLh-1wLIZ8
  23. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9b6VvBpMrc
  24. ^ "Election Count - Saturday". RTÉ News. 26 February 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0226/election_count_live_saturday.html. 
  25. ^ O'Brien, Ciara (26 February 2011). "Green TD Paul Gogarty concedes". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0226/breaking6.html. 
  26. ^ "Green who often sees red". The Irish Times. 11 November 2010. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2010/1116/1224283400485.html. 
  27. ^ http://gogsyi.com/2011/09/07/charity-ica-bootcamp-loads-of-fun-but-a-drop-in-the-ocean-for-pieta-house/
  28. ^ "RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoirs announced". RTÉ. 15 July 2011. http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0715/celebritybainisteoir.html. 
  29. ^ "Cascarino wins Celebrity Bainisteoir". RTÉ Ten. 7 November 2011.
  30. ^ "Friday 21st October presented by Kathryn Thomas". RTÉ News. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/thejohnmurrayshow/2011-10-21.html. 
  31. ^ http://www.gogsyi.com
  32. ^ http://daily-mail.vlex.co.uk/vid/so-gogarty-love-decidely-gourmet-some-269795586
  33. ^ "Monday 13th of June 2011". RTÉ News. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/liveline/2011-06-13.html. 
  34. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gi5_OiUVCo
  35. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5O1Gg2EZ4E&feature=youtu.be
  36. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AELYFpQYY4
  37. ^ http://gogsyi.com/2011/04/06/sing-and-be-happy/

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