Kevin Byrne

🙏 I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has voted for me in the Trinity Seanad election, and to my nominators, and to everyone who supported my campaign. I am extremely grateful. The election count starts tomorrow morning. Wish me luck!

🚨🗳️ Last days to vote in the Trinity Seanad election!

A) Vote Kevin Byrne #1 🗳️1️⃣
B) Place your ballot in the brown envelope
C) Ensure your witness has signed the declaration form
D) Place that & the brown envelope in the Free Post envelope
E) Drop it in your nearest post box

The United Arts Club has launched its new website this week, featuring streamlined online event and restaurant booking and membership application process. It also showcases the history and character of a Club I'm honoured to serve on the committee of.
www.unitedartsclubdublin.com

Just over a week left in the Trinity Seanad election! If you have a vote and haven't returned it please do so now. Also, please remind other Trinity graduates to do the same. I'm running to bring my experience in science, governance, EU affairs and advocating for Dublin to parliament.

Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’ The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet years, it’s growing again

I'm very proud to serve on the committee of the United Arts Club which is thriving at the moment with packed programme of events & growing membership. This weekend we open the door to the Irish Times for a tour & to discuss our mission to support & promote the arts
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

As we pass the halfway point in the Trinity Seanad postal voting window I want to thank everyone who has been in touch to say that they have already voted for me. The poll closes at 11am on Wednesday January 29th so please return your ballot soon, and please Vote Kevin Byrne No.1

Trinity College Seanad Hustings are this evening. I'm looking forward to chatting to voters before and after the debate - if you are there come over to my stand and say hello. If you can't make it in person you can watch over zoom. Register with TCD here:
tcd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A) Vote Kevin Byrne #1 🗳️1️⃣
B) Place your ballot in the brown envelope
C) Ensure your witness has signed the declaration form
D) Place that & the brown envelope in the Free Post envelope

E) Drop it in your nearest post box

F) Remind your fellow Trinity graduates to do the same

City Wardens for Dublin would quickly put an additional visible and reassuring presence on the capital's streets to support policing. I'm running for the Seanad to push ideas like this in parliament. Listen back to my discussion of the details on Newstalk:
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Send a Scientist to the Seanad. It is many decades since Trinity graduates last elected a scientist to the Seanad. I am the only scientist putting myself forward in this year's election and will bring a strong problem-solving evidence-based approach to parliament. Vote Kevin Byrne No.1

For Dublin to live up to its immense potential it must become accountable to its citizens with a powerful directly elected Mayor. This is the norm for major global cities, and the Dublin Citizens' Assembly and Dublin Taskforce both recommended it. Crises don't get solved unless someone is in charge.

The sun setting on a frozen Grand Canal

Part of making a better Dublin is getting more people living in the heart of the city. Trinity has a crucial role to play as an existing vibrant community in the centre of Dublin's historic core. We must also protect our built heritage, something TCD has decades of experience at.

Trinity College Dublin has long had a unique voice and role in Irish life, both North and South. If honoured to be elected to the Seanad to represent TCD graduates, I will help promote that voice, and protect the College's independence from further encroachment.

Getting people living over shops in the heart of Dublin is vital & welcome. However the buskers' fear of noise complaints is valid. Australia has 'eyes wide open' clauses so new residents must formally acknowledge they are moving into an area of existing late-night or on-street entertainment.

We need more scientists in politics - especially scientists like @drkevinbyrne.bsky.social. Graduates of @tcddublin.bsky.social:
A. Vote!
B. give Kevin your #1

Many of the challenges of our day need continental-scale action - Ireland cannot tackle them on her own. As a Senator I will be an advocate for our membership of the EU, as I have been since my student days in Trinity.

While advocating for Dublin and university research are what motivated me to run in this election, being born with a physical disability, with my active involvement in promoting the arts, and being a long-term cyclist & e-bike user, I bring a rounded perspective to the role of senator.

Posters up across Dublin today - action is needed to make Dublin work for its citizens. Thanks to the team for helping me get them up in this cold weather. Learn more at kevinbyrne.ie or listen to my interview on Newstalk.

City Wardens for Dublin would quickly put an additional visible and reassuring presence on the capital's streets to support policing. I set out the details in my article in today's Irish Independent. I'm running for the Seanad to push ideas like this in parliament.

In 2025 let's Send a Scientist to the Seanad! Ballots for the TCD panel are arriving in the post at the moment and I'm asking for your No.1 vote. I'm the only scientist running in this election and will bring a strong problem-solving evidence-based approach to parliament.

Happy New Year to everyone 🥳

For Trinity graduates now receiving their ballots in the post I'm asking you to consider me for your No.1 vote to bring my experience in science, governance, EU affairs and advocating for Dublin to the Seanad.

Read more at: kevinbyrne.ie

🗳️🚨 Ballots for the final Trinity College Seanad Election issue today. Watch out for yours in the post. I'm asking for your No.1 vote to bring my experience in science, governance, EU affairs and advocating for to parliament. Your ballot must be returned by 11am on January 29th.

There's no reason why politics can't be fun... This time last year I was involved in publishing a seagull calendar to lightheartedly draw attention to the issue of flimsy bin bags being ripped open in the city. It was a fun project, it got the problem on the agenda & it helped get a change in policy

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas and hoping for your No.1 vote for the Trinity Seanad election in the new year.

TCD will issue ballot papers by post on December 30th which must be returned by 11am on January 29th

You can read about my priorities at kevinbyrne.ie

Dublin is a great city but it's not meeting its potential. No one is in charge and no one is accountable to its citizens for its current issues. Dublin needs the Directly Elected Mayor it was promised. As a Senator I will challenge this neglect. My vision is for a clean, green, safe Dublin.

'People's perceptions about safety in the city are real' - Is Dublin unsafe? The attack of two off-duty Gardaí over the weekend has - again - raised questions about the safety of Dublin City Centre.

I spoke to Newstalk yesterday about public safety in Dublin. I made clear that 'people's perceptions about safety in the city are real' and as well as increased policing discussed introducing City Wardens to put a further reassuring presence on the capital's streets.

Why am I running in the Trinity Seanad election? I am a proud graduate of Trinity College with experience in science, research, governance, EU affairs and advocating for Dublin. I want to bring this experience to parliament and be a strong new voice in Seanad Eireann.

Honoured to have been nominated to run for the Trinity Seanad Elections by Irish science, research and education leaders from academia and industry. The message is clear - send a scientist to the Seanad.

Read about my nominators on my website here:
kevinbyrne.ie/nominators

It's many decades since Trinity graduates last elected a scientist to the Seanad. I'm the only scientist putting myself forward in this election and will bring a strong problem-solving evidence-based approach to parliament. It's time to Send a Scientist to the Seanad.
kevinbyrne.ie