Seán Byrne (politician)

Seán Byrne
Senator
In office 17 February 1993 – 17 September 1997
Constituency	Nominated by the Taoiseach
In office 25 April 1987 – 17 February 1993
Constituency	Cultural and Educational Panel
Teachta Dála
In office February 1982 – February 1987
Constituency	Tipperary South
Personal details
Born	(1937-05-16)16 May 1937 County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	5 March 2018(2018-03-05) (aged 80) County Tipperary, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil

Seán Byrne (16 May 1937 – 5 March 2018) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

Career

A farmer before entering politics, he was unsuccessful on the first two occasions when he stood for election to Dáil Éireann, as a Fianna Fáil candidate in the Tipperary South constituency at the 1977 and 1981 general elections. He finally won a seat there at the February 1982 general election, and was re-elected at the November 1982 general election. At the 1987 general election he lost his seat to his Fianna Fáil colleague Noel Davern.

However, in the subsequent elections to the 18th Seanad Byrne was elected by the Cultural and Educational Panel. He did not contest the 1989 general election, but was re-elected to the 19th Seanad. In the 1992 general election he stood again in Tipperary South, but was not elected. He was defeated in the 1993 election to the 20th Seanad, but was instead nominated by the Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds.

He contested the 1997 Seanad election on the Administrative Panel, but failed to win a seat and did not stand again.

Death

On 5 March 2018, he died after a long illness. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said, "The Fianna Fáil organisation, locally in Tipperary and nationally, has lost a loyal and valued member and supporter."