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inuse Patrick James Mara (born 1942), known as P. J. Mara, is an Irish financial planning, public relations and public affairs consultant who has become a household name in Ireland.

A member of the Fianna Fáil party since his youth, he was a close friend and political associate of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, and later masterminded three successive general election victories for his party. Mara came to public prominence as government press officer under Haughey, when he was repeatedly lampooned on the popular satirical radio show Scrap Saturday.

Since leaving government employment after Haughey's resignation in 1992, Mara's commercial success as a lobbyist and consultant and his political success as an election manager have kept him in the public eye. His affairs were scrutinised by the Flood Tribunal into political corruption, where he agree with the suggestion that he is seen as a svengali figure in Irish life.