Maria Byrne (born 27 November 1967) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a

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for the Agricultural Panel since April 2021. She was previously a senator from 2016 to 2020. She previously served as a member of Limerick City and County Council from 1999 up until her election to Seanad Éireann. During her time on the Council, she also served as Mayor of Limerick from 2010 to 2011. She was the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson for Education and Skills. At the

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, she was a Fine Gael candidate for

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in the Limerick City constituency, but was not elected. She lost her Seanad seat at the 2020 Seanad election, but was a successful candidate at the

2021 Seanad by-elections Two by-elections were held for vacancies in Seanad Éireann on Wednesday, 21 April 2021. The vacancies were caused by the resignations of Fine Gael's Michael W. D'Arcy from the Agricultural Panel in September 2020 to become chief executive of the I ...

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External links

Maria Byrne's page on the Fine Gael website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrne, Maria 1967 births Living people Fine Gael senators Members of the 25th Seanad Members of the 26th Seanad 21st-century women members of Seanad Éireann Politicians from County Limerick Local councillors in County Limerick Fine Gael candidates in Dáil elections Agricultural Panel senators