Patrick Joseph Sheehan (1 March 1933 – 10 August 2020) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-West constituency from 1981 to 2002 and 2007 to 2011.
[4] He served as Fine Gael's deputy spokesperson on Agriculture with special responsibility for Forestry until 2010.
[5] He and fellow Fine Gael TD Jim O'Keeffe were noted for their cooperation within their constituency that successfully foiled Fianna Fáil's efforts to garner another seat in west Cork.
[6] On 20 September 2010, Sheehan resigned his position as Fine Gael's deputy spokesperson on Agriculture[7] and apologised for being under the influence of alcohol and threatening a Garda officer after she prevented him from driving while leaving Leinster House in July 2010.
[9] His party leader, Enda Kenny, told a sergeant to "ignore what Sheehan had said".