Brendan Ryan (Dublin politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Cllr
Office:Fingal County Councillor
Term Start:June 2023
Constituency:Balbriggan
Office1:Teachta Dála
Term Start1:February 2016
Term End1:February 2020
Constituency1:Dublin Fingal
Term Start2:February 2011
Term End2:February 2016
Constituency2:Dublin North
Office3:Senator
Term Start3:13 September 2007
Term End3:26 February 2011
Constituency3:Administrative Panel
Birth Date:5 February 1953
Birth Place:Donabate, Dublin, Ireland
Party:Labour Party
Spouse:Margie Monks
Children:3
Relatives:Seán Ryan (brother)

Brendan Ryan (born 5 February 1953) is an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2011 to 2020. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2007 to 2011.[1]

Originally from the Donabate/Portrane area, he lives in Skerries, since he married Margie Monks in the late 1970s. He is a younger brother of Seán Ryan, a former TD for Dublin North. He was educated at Dublin Institute of Technology, University College Dublin and Dublin City University, receiving a degree in chemistry and master's degrees in food science and business administration. He has worked as an operations manager. An unsuccessful candidate at the 2007 general election for Dublin North, he was then elected to the Administrative Panel of Seanad Éireann and served from 2007 to 2011.[2] An active member of the Labour Party since 1978, however, he had never held any elected office or public role before his election to the Seanad.

In 2011, he was elected to the Dáil for the first time. He was one of only seven Labour Party TDs returned to the Dáil at the 2016 general election. Of the other six, four were outgoing ministers and the other two were Ministers of State during the 31st Dáil.[3]

On 8 January 2020, he announced that he would not be contesting the next general election.[4]

In June 2023, Ryan became a member of Fingal County Council for the Balbriggan local electoral area, being co-opted in place of a retiring councillor.[5] He was re-elected at the 2024 Fingal County Council election.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brendan Ryan. Oireachtas Members Database. 7 January 2010. 7 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107225005/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Brendan-Ryan.S.2007-07-23. live.
  2. Web site: Brendan Ryan. ElectionsIreland.org. 7 January 2010. 22 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222080941/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=8515. live.
  3. Web site: MacGuill . Dan . 3 March 2016. Labour just had the worst election in its 104-year history . 13 January 2023. TheJournal.ie . en.
  4. Web site: Labour TD Brendan Ryan will not contest general election. RTÉ News. 8 January 2020. 24 September 2021. 9 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200109032834/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0108/1105203-labour-general-election/. live.
  5. Web site: 13 May 2023 . Former Labour TD Brendan Ryan mounts political comeback . 8 July 2023. Independent.ie . en.