Michael Conaghan, a former Labour Party TD and Lord Mayor of Dublin, dies at the age of 81. Reports from multiple outlets identify him as a long-serving Dublin public representative who held the Lord Mayor position during his career. One outlet also notes that he comes from Calhame in County Donegal and that he first entered local politics when elected to Dublin City Council in 1991. During his time as a councillor, it is reported that he topped the poll three times in the Ballyfermot ward. The articles also describe his prominence as a figure in Dublin politics through his successive roles, including service at national level as a TD. Other sources broadly confirm his death and age, with the details of his early local government career and ward-level election success provided most explicitly in one account. Across coverage, there is no indication of further circumstances surrounding his death in the supplied reports.