Mary Flaherty (born 17 May 1953) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for Poverty and the Family from 1981 to 1982. She served a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 1981 to 1997. Before her entry into politics, she was a secondary school teacher. Flaherty was elected to the Dáil on her first attempt, at the 1981 general election, as a Fine Gael candidate in the Dublin North-West constituency. Mary Flaherty was married to former Fine Gael Senator and TD Alexis FitzGerald Jnr, who died on 15 July 2015.