Patrick Gallagher (politician)

Patrick "Paddy" Gallagher (born 1 December 1946) is a former Irish politician. He was a member of Sinn Féin the Workers Party, Workers' Party of Ireland and Democratic Left political parties. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin the Workers Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford constituency at the February 1982 general election. He lost his seat at the November 1982 generak election. He was an elected member of Waterford City Council from the 1970s to 1990s.

A journalist Gallagher established his own free-sheet newspaper Waterford Today.