# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shane-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:48:41.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shane-ross"
name: "Shane Ross"
slug: "shane-ross"
description: "Shane Peter Nathaniel Ross is an Irish former independent politician who served as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport from May 2016 to June 2020. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency from 2016 to 2020, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Dublin South constituency. He was a member of Seanad Éireann for the Dublin University from 1981 to 2011, until his election to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election."
tagline: "Irish independent politician and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shane_Ross_(official_portrait).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.8
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.944786666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 64
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Ross_Shane1"
    handle:    "Ross_Shane1"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ShaneRossTD"
    handle:    "ShaneRossTD"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.shane-ross.ie"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6cb9JAq4Nb0E6L3D9PDsCg"
    handle:    "@shanerossireland"
    followers: 64
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "شین روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "شاين روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "شاين روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Ross"
    title: "Shane Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Ross"
    title: "Shane Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Ross"
    title: "Shane Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Ross"
    title: "Shane Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Ross"
    title: "Shane Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Шейн Росс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2276876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump