1. Malcolm Byrne previously served as a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2020 to 2024.
19 Facts About Malcolm Byrne
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Malcolm Byrne represented the Wexford constituency from 2019 to 2020.
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Malcolm Byrne was elected to the Dail in a by-election in November 2019, but lost his seat in the subsequent general election in February 2020, before regaining it in 2024.
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Malcolm Byrne was a member of Wexford County Council from 2009 to 2019.
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Malcolm Byrne attended CBS Secondary and Loreto and CBS Primary Schools in Gorey, later studying law at University College Dublin.
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Malcolm Byrne was secretary of the Kevin Barry Cumann while at UCD.
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Malcolm Byrne has described the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and the fall of the Berlin Wall as influencing his decision to enter politics.
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Malcolm Byrne was Head of Communications with the Higher Education Authority until 2019, and has been Vice-President of the National Youth Council of Ireland.
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Malcolm Byrne topped the poll again at the 2004 local elections.
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Malcolm Byrne was first elected to Wexford County Council in 2009 for the Gorey local electoral area, and elected Chairman following his 2014 re-election.
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Malcolm Byrne was a candidate for Fianna Fail in the 2016 general election in the Wexford constituency, but did not win a seat.
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Malcolm Byrne contested the 2019 European Parliament election for Fianna Fail in the South constituency, having unexpectedly beaten Cork TD Billy Kelleher in the vote for the party's nomination.
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Malcolm Byrne was elected as a TD at the 2019 Wexford by-election.
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Malcolm Byrne lost his Dail seat at the next general election, on 8 February 2020, following what he called "a dirty campaign".
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On 31 March 2020, Malcolm Byrne was elected to Seanad Eireann at the 2020 election.
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Malcolm Byrne was named as Fianna Fail spokesperson on Higher Education, Innovation and Science by Taoiseach Micheal Martin in July 2020.
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Malcolm Byrne is a member of the cross-party Oireachtas Friends of Israel in the Oireachtas.
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At the 2024 general election, Malcolm Byrne was elected to the Dail.
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In March 2025, Malcolm Byrne was injured during the theft of his phone in London.