Background
Broughan was born in Dublin and educated at Moyle Park, Clondalkin, University College Dublin and University of London.
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Education
University College Dublin. University of London.
Career
He has been a Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Dublin North–East constituency since November 1992. He worked as a teacher at Street Aidan"s Columbia Broadcasting System, Whitehall before entering politics in 1991 when he was elected to Dublin City Council. The following year, Broughan was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1992 general election to the 27th Dáil as a Territorial Decoration for Dublin North–East.
He retained his seat at the 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2011 general elections.
Broughan has previously served as spokesperson for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
And Transport. Broughan is regarded as being on the left-wing of the He first lost the party whip in 1994 during the Fianna Fáil-coalition when he disagreed with the government decision to sell Team Aer Lingus, but he returned when that coalition collapsed at the end of 1994.
He had the Labour parliamentary party whip withdrawn on 29 June 2010 for failing to attend a vote on the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010 in the Dáil. During the 31st Dáil he became increasingly critical of a number of government policies.
In November 2011, he criticised Transport Minister Leo Varadkar"s decision to defer Metro North claiming would have been a "huge boost" to economic growth and employment in the Dublin/Mid-Leinster region. He lost the parliamentary whip after voting to reject a government amendment to extend the bank guarantee for another year on 1 December 2011.
This was his third time to lose the Labour whip, having previously done so in 1994 and 2010.
He stated he could not support adding more debt and called on Labour party TDs to join him on the opposition benches to oppose elements of the Government"s economic policy. In April 2014, it was reported that Broughan had left the, was forming a "" for his constituency supporters, and hoped like-minded independent TDs would join. Broughan has ruled himself out of joining the new party stating he planned to remain an Independent.
As of July 2015 the remains unregistered.
At the, he stood as an Independents 4 Change candidate in the Dublin Bay North constituency. He was re-elected to the Dáil.
He voted for Richard Boyd Barrett for Taoiseach when the 32nd Dáil first metropolitan
Politics
During Pat Rabbitte"s leadership of the Labour party from 2002 to 2007 Broughan was a leading critic of Rabbitte"s decision to form an electoral alliance with Fine Gael, instead advocating an independent strategy for the party, in addition to closer co-operation with the Green Party and Sinn Féin. He along with Territorial Decoration Joanna Tuffy both opposed Labour going into coalition with Fine Gael in the aftermath of the 2011 general election.
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