Ray McAdam has served as a councillor for 17 years and is former Lord Mayor of Dublin

McAdam elected to Seanad to replace Kyne

by · RTE.ie

Fine Gael's Ray McAdam has been elected to the Seanad, defeating Independent candidates Caitlín Ní Bhroin, Dr Maeve O'Rourke, and Patrick Paul Walsh in a bye-election.

Mr McAdam replaces party colleague Seán Kyne, who won the Galway West by-election in May.

He becomes Fine Gael's 17th senator and will take a seat on the Seanad's Cultural and Educational panel.

Mr McAdam has been a Dublin City councillor since 2009 and was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2025-26

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