Patrick Gallagher (politician)

Patrick Gallagher (born 1 December 1946) is an Irish former politician. He was a member of Sinn Féin the Workers Party, the Workers' Party 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 general 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.