Martin Conway (Irish politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Senator

| image = Martin Conway 2025 (cropped).jpg

| office = Senator

| term_start = 25 May 2011

| term_end =

| constituency = Administrative Panel

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|4|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland

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| party = Independent

| otherparty = Fine Gael (until 2025)

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| alma_mater = University College Dublin

| website = {{URL|senatormartinconway.com/}}|

| caption = Conway in 2025

}}

Martin Conway (born 8 April 1974) is an Irish independent politician who has served as a senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Martin-Conway.S.2011-05-25/|title=Martin Conway|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=21 October 2011|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108144512/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Martin-Conway.S.2011-05-25|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0429/seanad.html|title=Fine Gael win 18 seats in Seanad|work=RTÉ News|date=29 April 2011|access-date=30 April 2011|archive-date=3 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103040526/http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0429/seanad.html|url-status=live}}

He was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Health.{{Cite web|last=Varadkar|first=Leo|date=10 July 2020|title=Tánaiste and Fine Gael President Leo Varadkar announces Seanad Spokespersons|url=https://www.finegael.ie/tanaiste-and-fine-gael-president-leo-varadkar-announces-seanad-spokespersons/|access-date=14 December 2020|website=Fine Gael|archive-date=16 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216034649/https://www.finegael.ie/tanaiste-and-fine-gael-president-leo-varadkar-announces-seanad-spokespersons/|url-status=live}} Born with congenital cataracts, he is the first visually impaired member of the Oireachtas.{{cite web|url=https://vi.ie/about-us/our-structure/our-team/martin-conway/|title=Martin Conway|work=Vision Ireland|date=23 November 2020 |access-date=21 August 2024}}

He was a member of Clare County Council from 2004 to 2011 for the Ennistymon local electoral area.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=54|title=Martin Conway|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=30 April 2011|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222154851/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=54|url-status=live}} He was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Justice and Equality.

He is a founder member of AHEAD (Association for Higher Education Access and Disability),{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Collins (journalist)|title=Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24th Seanad|year=2011|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|location=Dublin|isbn=9780717150595|page=197}} a charity working to improve access to further and higher education for people with disabilities.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Clare constituency at the 2020 general election.{{Cite news|title=Clare General Election 2020 Live Results|work=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2020/results/#/national/clare|access-date=14 December 2020|archive-date=9 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209220354/https://www.rte.ie/news/election-2020/results/#/national/clare|url-status=live}}

He resigned from the Fine Gael parliamentary party on 9 February 2025 following his arrest for being drunk and disorderly on 22 January 2025.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0209/1495628-fg-senator/|title=FG senator resigns from parliamentary party after arrest for intoxication last month|last=Regan|first=Mary|publisher=RTÉ News|date=9 February 2025|access-date=9 February 2025}}