Seán Ryan (born 27 January 1943) is an Irish former Labour Party politician.
Ryan was formerly Production Controller and Work Study Supervisor with CIÉ and Iarnród Éireann before entering into full-time politics.
[2] He was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann, but was re-elected to the 28th Dáil at the Dublin North by-election on 11 March 1998, following the resignation of Fianna Fáil TD Ray Burke.
The by-election for his Seanad seat was won by Fianna Fáil's John Cregan.
Ryan was re-elected to the Dáil at the 2002 election and was the Labour Party spokesperson on Older People's Issues from 2002 to 2007.