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Shane Cassells
Senator
Assumed office
April 2020
ConstituencyLabour Panel
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2016 – February 2020
ConstituencyMeath West
Personal details
Born (1978-04-06) 6 April 1978 (age 46)
Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Alma materGriffith College Dublin

Shane Cassells (born 6 April 1978) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Senator since April 2020. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency from 2016 to 2020.[1][2]

He was a member of Meath County Council from 2009 to 2016, and twice Mayor of Navan.[3] He is a nephew of footballer Joe Cassells and of Peter Cassells, former head of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

He lost his seat at the 2020 general election. In April 2020 he was elected to the Seanad on the Labour Panel.

References

  1. ^ "Shane Cassells". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Election 2016: Shane Cassells". RTÉ. 27 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Shane Cassells". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 25 February 2019.