Gerard Patrick Craughwell (born 22 November 1953) is an Irish Independent politician who has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2016, and previously from 2014 to 2016 for the Cultural and Educational Panel. Craughwell was born in Galway and grew up in Salthill. When he was 16, he emigrated to the United Kingdom, settling in London, working in a pub before joining the Royal Irish Rangers regiment of the British Army. After five years he returned to Ireland and joined the Irish Army, serving in the first infantry battalion and fifth medical company at Renmore Barracks in Galway and rising to the rank of sergeant. He left the army in 1980 and took over his father's gas appliance maintenance business until it failed in 1983. Aged 35, he entered further education as a student in Limerick Senior College, gaining a degree in economics accredited by the London School of Economics. In 1995 he started teaching in Dún Laoghaire Senior College and became an assistant principal. He joined the national executive of the Teachers' Union of Ireland in 2009, and was president between 2012 and June 2014. More information...
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