Shane Cassells
Shane Cassells is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Senator since April 2020. He previously served as a Teachta Dála for the Meath West constituency from 2016 to 2020.
He was a member of Meath County Council from 2009 to 2016, and twice Mayor of Navan. 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.