Irish politician
Paul Lawless is an Irish Aontú politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency since the 2024 general election .[ 1]
Career
He played association football at a youth level and signed a contract for Derby County F.C. .[ 2]
Lawless had unsuccessfully run for a seat in the Dáil in the 2020 general election but would go on to be elected to Mayo County Council in 2024 .[ 3] [ 2]
At the 2024 general election , Lawless was elected to the Dáil. This would make his tenure in the Mayo County Council one of the shortest on record.[citation needed ]
At the time of his election to the Dáil in the 2024 general election , Lawless was a maths and PE teacher at the community school in Ballyhaunis , County Mayo.[ 2]
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