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Desmond "Des" Geraghty is a former Irish politician and trade union leader. He was president of SIPTU from 1999 to 2004. He stood unsuccessfully in the 1984 European election for the Dublin constituency as a Workers' Party candidate. In 1992 he joined the newly founded Democratic Left party. He was appointed to the European Parliament in 1992 for the Dublin constituency following the resignation of Proinsias De Rossa. He was a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy in the European Parliament. He did not contest the 1994 European election. He stood unsuccessfully as a Labour Party candidate in the 2002 Seanad election for the Labour Panel.
He is a former member of the RTÉ Authority. He has published several books including one about folk singer Luke Kelly. He is also a member of the Board of Poetry Ireland.
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- 40 Shades of Green, Des Geraghty, Real Ireland Design, 2007
- Luke Kelly: a Memoir, Des Geraghty, Basement Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85594-090-6
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