Fintan Warfield

Senator Fintan Warfield
Warfield in 2015

Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 April 2016
Constituency	Cultural and Educational Panel
Personal details
Born	(1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 Lucan, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Sinn Féin
Alma mater	www.fintanwarfeild.com

Fintan Warfield is an Irish musician, LGBT rights activist and Sinn Féin Senator. He topped the poll on the Cultural and Educational Panel in 2016, and was the first senator in the country deemed elected, announced 25 April 2016.^[1] He is a former Mayor of South Dublin and is openly gay.^[2]

Warfield took 10% from his salary when he was mayor and gave it to a women's refuge, LGBT group BeLonG To and Citywise (known for providing youths with education-related support in Jobstown).^[3]

A former full-time musician, he plays guitar and sings and is a cousin of Derek Warfield (a musician with The Wolfe Tones) and has previously performed with them.^[4]

References

↑ SF's Fintan Warfield wins first seat in new Seanad, rte.ie; accessed 13 June 2016.
↑ New mayor of South Dublin says he's proud to be 'an openly LGBT mayor': Fintan Warfield said he wants to be a beacon of hope for those in the community who feel invisible, thejournal.ie; accessed 13 June 2016.
↑ This musician and LGBT activist is the first senator elected to the new Seanad, thejournal.ie; accessed 13 June 2016.
↑ Seanad count: Sinn Féin councillor and ex-Wolfe Tones member tops poll, irishtimes.com; accessed 13 June 2016.

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Cathaoirleach Leader of the Seanad

Administrative Panel	Martin Conway (FG) Mark Daly (FF) John Dolan (Ind) Maura Hopkins (FG) Kevin Humphreys (Lab) Niall Ó Donnghaile (SF) Diarmuid Wilson (FF)

Agricultural Panel	Victor Boyhan (Ind) Paddy Burke (FG) Maria Byrne (FG) Rose Conway-Walsh (SF) Paul Daly (FF) Denis Landy (Lab) Tim Lombard (FG) Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (SF) Brian Ó Domhnaill (FF) Denis O'Donovan (FF) Grace O'Sullivan (GP)

Cultural and Educational Panel	Lorraine Clifford-Lee (FF) Gabrielle McFadden (FG) Kieran O'Donnell (FG) Keith Swanick (FF) Fintan Warfield (SF)

Industrial and Commercial Panel	Catherine Ardagh (FF) Frances Black (Ind) Colm Burke (FG) Paul Coghlan (FG) Aidan Davitt (FF) Gerry Horkan (FF) Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF) Catherine Noone (FG) Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Lab)

Labour Panel	Jerry Buttimer (FG) Gerard Craughwell (Ind) Máire Devine (SF) Robbie Gallagher (FF) Paul Gavan (SF) Terry Leyden (FF) Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (FF) Ged Nash (Lab) Joe O'Reilly (FG) Ned O'Sullivan (FF) Neale Richmond (FG)

National University of Ireland	Alice Mary Higgins (Ind) Michael McDowell (Ind) Rónán Mullen (Ind)

University of Dublin	Ivana Bacik (Lab) David Norris (Ind) Lynn Ruane (Ind)

Nominated by the Taoiseach	Ray Butler (FG) Paudie Coffey (FG) Frank Feighan (FG) Joan Freeman (Ind) Colette Kelleher (Ind) Billy Lawless (Ind) Michelle Mulherin (FG) Pádraig Ó Céidigh (Ind) Marie-Louise O'Donnell (Ind) John O'Mahony (FG) James Reilly (FG)

FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael GP: Green Party SF: Sinn Féin Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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