Nicole Ryan

Nicole Ryan (born 1993/1994) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a senator for the Administrative Panel since January 2025.

[2] Ryan was born in Kyiv, Ukraine to a Portuguese father and a Ukrainian mother[3] and grew up in Millstreet, County Cork.

She subsequently returned to education at University College Cork to study addiction.

[6] Ryan lives in the Gaeltacht village of Ballyvourney in County Cork.

Ryan has spent many years as an anti-drug campaigner, visiting schools all over Ireland and speaking to over 13,000 post-primary students about the dangers of drugs.