Tony Kett (1 June 1951 – 19 April 2009)[1][2] was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann.
[3] Born in Woodlawn, County Galway, Kett was an administrator of the Central Remedial Clinic.
He was reportedly a key member of the "Drumcondra Mafia", as Bertie Ahern's inner circle of constituency supporters are dubbed.
[4] He was co-opted as member of Dublin City Council for the North Inner City electoral area in 1988 to replace Bertie Ahern (who had resigned when he was appointed a government minister) and was re-elected at the 1999 local elections.
Kett was succeeded in the Seanad by former County Louth councillor James Carroll.