Dee Ryan

Dee Ryan is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a senator since February 2025 after being nominated by the Taoiseach.^[1]^[2]

Key Information

Senator Dee Ryan
Ryan in 2025

Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 February 2025
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach

Personal details
Born	Deirdre Corbett Limerick, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Michael Ryan
Alma mater	University of Limerick

Political career

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Ryan was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2024 Limerick mayoral election,^[3] as well as in the Limerick City constituency at the 2024 general election.^[4] She contested the 2025 Seanad election for the Industrial and Commercial Panel but was not elected.

Ryan was formerly the CEO of Limerick Chamber, and Managing Director of SPARK Marketing. She is the daughter of Valerie and Brian Corbett, a chartered accountant who operated Corbett & Associates Chartered Accountants in Limerick City. Ryan was recruited by Taoiseach Micheál Martin as the party's candidate for the Limerick Mayoral election contest in 2024.

References

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^ "Dee Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
^ "Former RTÉ broadcaster Evanne Ní Chuilinn named as a Fine Gael senator". The Irish Times. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
^ "Dee Ryan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
^ "Ex-Chamber chief Dee is cool, calm and collected". Limerick Post. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2025.

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Fianna Fáil profile

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Cathaoirleach Leader of the Seanad
Administrative Panel	Garret Ahearn (FG) Martin Conway (FG, then Ind) Mark Daly (FF) Eileen Flynn (Ind) Fiona O'Loughlin (FF) Nicole Ryan (SF) Diarmuid Wilson (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Niall Blaney (FF) Victor Boyhan (Ind) Paraic Brady (FG) Maria Byrne (FG) Joanne Collins (SF) Teresa Costello (FF) Paul Daly (FF) Eileen Lynch (FG) P. J. Murphy (FG) Malcolm Noonan (GP) Sarah O'Reilly (Aon)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Cathal Byrne (FG) Joe Conway (Ind) Shane Curley (FF) Seán Kyne (FG) Pauline Tully (SF)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Frances Black (Ind) Ollie Crowe (FF) Aidan Davitt (FF) Mary Fitzpatrick (FF) Laura Harmon (Lab) Garret Kelleher (FG) Sharon Keogan (Ind) Conor Murphy (SF) Linda Nelson Murray (FG)
Labour Panel	Chris Andrews (SF) Pat Casey (FF) Nessa Cosgrove (Lab) Gerard Craughwell (Ind) Mark Duffy (FG) Robbie Gallagher (FF) Mike Kennelly (FG) Maria McCormack (SF) Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (FF) Joe O'Reilly (FG) Patricia Stephenson (SD)
Dublin University	Tom Clonan (Ind) Aubrey McCarthy (Ind) Lynn Ruane (Ind)
National University	Alice-Mary Higgins (Ind) Michael McDowell (Ind) Rónán Mullen (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Manus Boyle (FG) Nikki Bradley (FG) Lorraine Clifford-Lee (FF) Alison Comyn (FF) Joe Flaherty (FF) Imelda Goldsboro (FF) Evanne Ní Chuilinn (FG) Noel O'Donovan (FG) Anne Rabbitte (FF) Dee Ryan (FF) Gareth Scahill (FG)
Aon: Aontú GP: Green Party FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael Lab: Labour Party SD: Social Democrats SF: Sinn Féin Ind: Independent

Fianna Fáil

History

Leadership

Leaders	De Valera Lemass Lynch Haughey Reynolds Ahern Cowen Martin
Deputy leaders	J. Brennan Colley MacSharry Lenihan Snr Wilson Ahern Rourke Cowen Coughlan Hanafin Lenihan Jnr Ó Cuív Calleary Chambers
Seanad leaders	Ryan Snr Lanigan Fallon Wright Cassidy O'Rourke O'Brien Ardagh
Secretaries-General	S. Brennan Wall P. Farrell Dorgan
Leadership elections	1959 (Lemass) 1966 (Lynch) 1979 (Haughey) 1992 (Reynolds) 1994 (Ahern) 2008 (Cowen) 2011 (Martin)

Party structures

Presidential candidates

Presidential candidates (winners in bold)	Seán T. O'Kelly (1945) Éamon de Valera (1959, 1966) Erskine H. Childers (1973) Brian Lenihan Snr (1990) Mary McAleese (1997)
Unopposed presidential candidates with Fianna Fáil support	Douglas Hyde (1938) Seán T. O'Kelly (1952) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1974) Patrick Hillery (1976, 1983) Mary McAleese (2004)

Elected representatives

Dáil Éireann	Catherine Ardagh Tom Brabazon Shay Brennan James Browne Mary Butler Malcolm Byrne Thomas Byrne Michael Cahill Dara Calleary Jack Chambers Peter "Chap" Cleere Niall Collins John Connolly Cathal Crowe Martin Daly Aisling Dempsey Cormac Devlin Albert Dolan Timmy Dooley Seán Fleming Norma Foley Pat "the Cope" Gallagher John Lahart James Lawless Micheál Martin Paul McAuliffe Charlie McConalogue Tony McCormack Séamus McGrath Erin McGreehan John McGuinness Aindrias Moynihan Michael Moynihan Shane Moynihan Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Darragh O'Brien Jim O'Callaghan Naoise Ó Cearúil James O'Connor Willie O'Dea Seán Ó Fearghaíl Ryan O'Meara Christopher O'Sullivan Pádraig O'Sullivan Eamon Scanlon Brendan Smith Niamh Smyth Robert Troy
Seanad Éireann	Niall Blaney Pat Casey Lorraine Clifford-Lee Alison Comyn Teresa Costello Ollie Crowe Shane Curley Mark Daly Paul Daly Aidan Davitt Mary Fitzpatrick Joe Flaherty Robbie Gallagher Imelda Goldsboro Margaret Murphy O'Mahony Fiona O'Loughlin Anne Rabbitte Dee Ryan Diarmuid Wilson
European Parliament	Barry Andrews Barry Cowen Billy Kelleher Cynthia Ní Mhurchú

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European	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Renew Europe
International	Liberal International (observer)

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