Ryan Murphy (born November 1994) is an Irish Sinn Fein politician who was Lord Mayor of Belfast from June 2023 to June 2024, and a Belfast City Councillor for the Oldpark DEA since January 2018.
[2][3] Murphy is from Ligoniel, and has lived in the area his whole life.
[4] In January 2018, he was co-opted onto Belfast City Council to replace Gerry McCabe in the Oldpark District.
[7] He was re-elected at the 2023 election[8] In June 2024, he was appointed Lord Mayor of Belfast.
[9] Murphy, who was aged 28 at the time, became one of the youngest councillors to serve in the role.