Shane Curley

Senator
Shane Curley
Senator Shane Curley
	Curley in 2025
Senator
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2025
Constituency	Cultural and Educational Panel
Personal details
Party	Fianna Fáil

ConstituencyCultural and Educational Panel

PartyFianna Fáil

Shane Curley is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel since January 2025.^[1]^[2]

He was a member of Galway County Council for the Loughrea area from 2019 to 2025. He unsuccessfully contested the 2020 Seanad election.^[3]

He is a secondary school teacher and a qualified financial advisor.^{[citation needed]}

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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

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Senator Shane Curley
Curley in 2025

Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2025
Constituency	Cultural and Educational Panel

Personal details
Party	Fianna Fáil