Former junior minister Dara Murphy lands job at top consultancy firm

Dara Murphy, a former Fine Gael TD for Cork North-Central, was once branded an 'absentee TD' by now-Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Pictured in 2017, Dara Murphy has now been appointed to a role as a senior advisor with Rasmussen Global, a major consultancy firm. 

The former minister of State for European affairs Dara Murphy has joined a top consulting firm a year after leaving his €150,000-a-year job in the EU.

Mr Murphy was criticised for remaining as a TD for over two years while working as a campaign director for the European People's Party. Mr Murphy eventually resigned from his Cork North-Central seat in December 2019 and took up a role working for Bulgaria's EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel.