Eugene Murphy

{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1965)}}

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| image = Eugene Murphy.jpg

| office = Senator

| term_start = 29 June 2020

| term_end = 31 January 2025

| constituency = Agricultural Panel

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = February 2016

| term_end1 = February 2020

| constituency1 = Roscommon–Galway

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|8|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland

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| party = Independent

| otherparty = Fianna Fáil (until 2024)

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| alma_mater = University College Galway

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Eugene Murphy (born 26 August 1965) is an Irish independent politician who served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from June 2020 to January 2025. He served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency from 2016 to 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Eugene-Murphy.D.2016-10-03/|title=Eugene Murphy|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511084004/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Eugene-Murphy.D.2016-10-03/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/759686-eugene-murphy/|title=Election 2016: Eugene Murphy|publisher=RTÉ News|date=27 February 2016|access-date=28 February 2016|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527111246/https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/candidates/759686-eugene-murphy/|url-status=live}}

He was a member of Roscommon County Council for the Boyle local electoral area from 1985 to 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=11122|title=Eugene Murphy|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807120656/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=11122|url-status=live}} He is a producer and presenter with local radio stations Shannonside and Northern Sound.

He was the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief.

He lost his seat at the 2020 general election. He was elected to the Seanad at the 2020 Seanad election for the Agricultural Panel.

Murphy sought a nomination from Fianna Fáil to be selected as candidate in Roscommon–Galway at the 2024 general election, but lost the constituency selection vote. On 4 November 2024, after the party told him he would not be added to their general election ticket, Murphy announced that he would contest as an independent.{{Cite web|last=Hussey |first=Sinéad |date=4 November 2024|title=Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy to run as independent |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/1104/1478945-eugene-murphy-election/ |language=en}} He was not elected to the Dáil, receiving 4,327 (10.5%) first preference votes.

He is contesting the 2025 Seanad election as an independent candidate. He was not elected at the 2025 Seanad election.