Shane Ross

Shane Ross
Ross in 2020
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
In office 6 May 2016 – 27 June 2020
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny Leo Varadkar
Preceded by	Paschal Donohoe
Succeeded by	Eamon Ryan (Transport) Catherine Martin (Tourism and Sport)
Teachta Dála
In office February 2016 – February 2020
Constituency	Dublin Rathdown
In office February 2011 – February 2016
Constituency	Dublin South
Senator
In office 8 October 1981 – 25 February 2011
Constituency	Dublin University
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-11) 11 July 1949 (age 75) Goatstown, Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Fine Gael (until 1997)
Spouse	Ruth Buchanan
Children	2
Parent	John N. Ross (father)
Relatives	Nick Webb (son-in-law)
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin University of Geneva

Shane Peter Nathaniel Ross (born 11 July 1949) is an Irish former Independent politician who served as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport from May 2016 to June 2020. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency from 2016 to 2020, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Dublin South constituency. He was a member of Seanad Éireann for the Dublin University from 1981 to 2011, until his election to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election.^[1]

He is a former business editor of the Sunday Independent. He was a Fine Gael Wicklow County Councillor, and a one-time Fine Gael general election candidate in the Wicklow constituency. In the 31st Dáil he was a member of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee. He co-founded the Independent Alliance with Michael Fitzmaurice in 2015. He was re-elected to the 32nd Dáil, and subsequently appointed by Taoiseach Enda Kenny as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in May 2016.