Councillor Brendan Ryan co-opted onto Fingal County Council

A new Labour councillor, Brendan Ryan was officially co-opted onto Fingal County Council at yesterday’s monthly meeting.

Ryan fills the seat vacated by the resignation of Seána Ó Rodaigh and will represent the Balbriggan Local Electoral Area.

Councillor Ryan was proposed by councillor Robert O’Donoghue and seconded by councillor Mary McCamley.

Seána Ó Rodaigh had been elected in 2019 and served as Mayor of Fingal in 2021-22.

Like his predecessor, Cllr Ryan resides in Skerries and, after serving in Seanad Éireann from 2007 to 2011, he was a TD from 2011 to 2020.

Cllr Ryan was also elected to the Community Development, Heritage, Culture and Creativity Strategic Policy Committee; the North Dublin Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; the County Heritage Forum; and Comhairle Na nÓg.