Lynn Ruane
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| Assumed office April 2016 |
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| Constituency | University of Dublin |
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| Born | 20 October 1984 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Institute of Technology, Tallaght |
| Website | www |
Lynn Ruane (/ruːˈæn/; born 20 October 1984) is an Irish student activist and independent politician. She is the outgoing president of Trinity College Dublin Students' Union, and was elected to Seanad Éireann in 2016.
Ruane grew up in Tallaght; she became a single mother and left school aged 15.[1] After returning to education, she studied addiction and helped to develop local services for drug users.[1] She completed a foundation programme to allow access to a degree programme at Trinity College, Dublin, and is now an undergraduate student reading politics and philosophy.[1] Having spent a year representing student parents on the Trinity College Dublin Students' Union executive, she was elected as the union's president on 12 February 2015.[2] She stood for election to Seanad Éireann on the University of Dublin panel in 2016 and was elected on the 15th and final count, unseating Sean Barrett.[3][4]
Ruane's daughter Jordanne Jones is a DFCC award-winning and IFTA nominated actress.[5][6][7]
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