Daragh Connolly is a third generation pharmacist. He graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 1996, where he was President of the Pharmacy Students' Association. He is a native of Waterford, Ireland and proprietor of Haven Pharmacy Connolly's in Dungarvan. Daragh is a founder member and former chairman of the Haven co-operative of independent pharmacies which now number 53 branded stores. Daragh was elected as President of the Irish Pharmacy Union, the representative body for community pharmacists in Ireland, in April 2016.