Keith Swanick | |
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Senator | |
In office 27 April 2016 – 27 March 2020 | |
Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland |
Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse | Aislinn Swanick (m. 2007) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | |
Keith Swanick is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2016 to 2020. [1] [2]
Originally from Castlerea in County Roscommon, Swanick and his wife run a GP Practice in Belmullet in the Erris region of North Mayo. He is also the Secretary of the National Association of Irish General Practitioners. [3]
He was chosen as a candidate for Fianna Fáil in a Seanad by-election after the retirement of Jimmy Harte, which was won by Labour's Máiría Cahill. [4] He initially considered contesting the 2016 general election in the Roscommon-Galway constituency but declined. [5]
He was the Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Health and Mental Health.[ citation needed]
He did not contest the 2020 Seanad election, after being involved in an Oireachtas expenses controversy. [6]
Keith Swanick | |
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Senator | |
In office 27 April 2016 – 27 March 2020 | |
Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland |
Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse | Aislinn Swanick (m. 2007) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | |
Keith Swanick is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2016 to 2020. [1] [2]
Originally from Castlerea in County Roscommon, Swanick and his wife run a GP Practice in Belmullet in the Erris region of North Mayo. He is also the Secretary of the National Association of Irish General Practitioners. [3]
He was chosen as a candidate for Fianna Fáil in a Seanad by-election after the retirement of Jimmy Harte, which was won by Labour's Máiría Cahill. [4] He initially considered contesting the 2016 general election in the Roscommon-Galway constituency but declined. [5]
He was the Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson on Health and Mental Health.[ citation needed]
He did not contest the 2020 Seanad election, after being involved in an Oireachtas expenses controversy. [6]