Keith Swanick

Keith Swanick is a Fianna Fáil Senator. He was elected for the Cultural and Educational Panel at the 2016 Irish Seanad Election.

Originally from Castlerea in County Roscommon, Swanick and his wife run a GP Practice in Belmullet on the Erris Peninsula. He is also the Secretary of the National Association of Irish General Practitioners.

He was chosen as a candidate for Fianna Fáil in a Seanad by-election after the retirement of Jimmy Harte which was won by Labour's Mairia Cahill. He initially considered contesting the 2016 general election in the Roscommon-Galway constituency but declined.