Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: labour party - office: teachta dala senator - term end: may 2007 june 1997 march 1998 - constituency: dublin north labour panel - term start: march 1998 june 1989 september 1997 - birth date: 27 january 1943 - name: sean ryan - nationality: irish - alma mater: dublin institute of technology Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sean ryan -lrb- politician -rrb- .
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sean ryan -lrb- born 27 january 1943 -rrb- is a former irish labour party politician .he was a teachta dala -lrb- td -rrb- for dublin north from 1989 to 1997 and 1998 to 2007 .ryan was born in dublin and educated at north strand vocational school , the college of technology , bolton street , the college of industrial relations , and the school of management , rathmines college of commerce .ryan was formerly production controller and work study supervisor with ciE and iarnrod Eireann before entering into full-time politics .in 1983 he was elected to dublin county council .ryan was first elected to dail Eireann at the 1989 general election , serving until the 1997 general election when he lost his seat .he was subsequently elected to seanad Eireann , but was re-elected to the 28th dail at the dublin north by-election on 11 march 1998 , following the resignation of fianna fail td ray burke .the by-election for his seanad seat was won by fianna fail 's john cregan .ryan was re-elected to the dail at the 2002 election and was the labour party spokesperson on older people 's issues from 2002 -- 2007 .he indicated in 2005 that he did not intend to stand at the following general election .at a selection convention , his brother brendan ryan was selected to stand as the labour party candidate in dublin north for the next election , but was not elected .