Matt Shanahan (born 19 May 1964) is an Irish former independent politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Waterford constituency from 2020 to 2024.

[3] He worked for Dawn Meats and in the United States before receiving a degree in marketing in Morehampton College, Dublin and moving back to Waterford.

[3][7] In 2016, he founded Health Equality For the South East, to improve UHW cardiology services with a second cath lab and 24/7 percutaneous coronary intervention capability.

[13] While The Irish Times said he was 'seen as the single-issue "hospital candidate"',[14] Shanahan also mentioned university status for Waterford Institute of Technology and "the increasing inequality glaringly apparent between economic measures and development in the South East versus similar city regions in Ireland".

[3] In 2021, Shanahan was the subject of controversy after he made a post on Twitter in response to a woman sharing her experience of being harassed, for which he was accused of "victim blaming".