Daniel Anthony Murphy (born 10 November 1946) is a former Irish trade union leader.
Born in Cork, Murphy left school at the age of nineteen, and through competitive examination, secured a position as an Executive Officer in the Aviation Division of the (then) Department of Transport & Power.
Murphy was one of the first Leaders of Civil & Public Service Trade Unions to recognise the significance of affiliating with the Irish Congress of Trades Unions (ICTU), and within a few years, his Association/Union joined ICTU.
On his retirement in 2009, Fiona Lee said that "It is doubtful if we could have had Social Partnership for the past 20 years without Dan Murphy's vision and dedication".
[1] In 2010, he was appointed as chair of the civil service platform for implementing the Croke Park Agreement.