Shane Eamon Mark Stephen Lynch (born 3 July 1976) is an Irish singer, best known as a member of Boyzone.

[1] Born to Brendan and Noeleen Lynch, a mechanic and housewife,[2] and raised in Donaghmede, North-east Dublin, Lynch struggled with his education during his school years due to dyslexia,[3] but excelled at sports and was a motor racing enthusiast, winning the Portuguese BMX Championship at fourteen.

[7] Lynch quickly gained a reputation as the bad boy of the group due to his body piercings, tattoos and violent outbursts which clashed with the band's clean-cut image.

Two years later, at a live concert for Childline, Lynch turned to the camera and yelled: "Tabloid newspapers, you can kiss me fucking arse!

[16] In 2004, during his break from Boyzone, Lynch played Eli Knox the chairman of Harchester United in the Sky One football drama, Dream Team.

[22] In 2008 he was involved in an accident with team-mate Danny Eyles while competing in the European Drift Championship round at Silverstone and, although he was not injured, both Nissan Skyline cars were written off.

[26] On 7 June 2013, Lynch featured on a celebrity special edition of The Jeremy Kyle Show to talk about his life after being in Boyzone.

In 2001, Lynch formed a rap rock band with Phats & Small's singer Ben Ofoedu called REDhill.

[33] In 2008, Lynch published his autobiography The Chancer, which focused on his early years, pop reign, his marriage to Easther Bennett, and newly found Christianity.

[38] Younger sister, Naomi, was part of the duo Buffalo G who achieved a top 20 hit,[39] and another sibling, Tara, was a member of FAB!

[45] Starting in 2021, Shane has occasionally appeared alongside Sheena in ITV reality programme The Real Housewives of Cheshire, where she has been a main cast member since series 14.

[46] Lynch, who had been involved with clairvoyants and ouija boards and claimed to have been frequently visited by evil spirits who tortured his mind in his teenage years, became a Christian in 2003.