Victor Boyhan (born 30 April 1961) is an Irish independent politician who served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since April 2016.He is a former member of DĂșn LaoghaireâRathdown County Council.
He was first elected to DĂșn LaoghaireâRathdown County Council for the Blackrock area at the 1999 Irish local elections as a Progressive Democrats candidate.
He lost his seat at the 2004 local elections but was re-elected in 2009 and 2014 as an independent candidate.
He previously contested the Cultural and Educational Panel unsuccessfully at the 2011 Seanad election.Boyhan is a close friend of retired Irish soccer international Paul McGrath with whom he grew up in the âBirds Nestâ home on York Road in DĂșn Laoghaire and later down in Monkstown.
McGrath mentions him several times in his autobiography 'Back from the Brink' and credits him with becoming one of the most outspoken voices in ensuring that Smyly Trust Homes would be covered under the State Redress Scheme, investigating the abuse of children.