Shane Curran


Shane Curran is an Irish sportsperson from Castlerea, County Roscommon. He is the former inter-county Gaelic football goalkeeper for Roscommon, and his club St Brigids. He played association football as well. He has also stood for political office for Fianna Fáil.

Sports

With Roscommon, he won a Connacht Minor Football Championship medal in 1989, Junior medal in 2000 and Senior medal in 2001, he also won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 2000. He also played soccer with Athlone Town and won a Leinster Senior Cup.
At the beginning of 2015 he made his first move into inter Club team management when he was appointed Senior Manager for local South Roscommon Club Padraig Pearses.

Business

Since retiring from inter-county football, Curran has set up flood defence company Global Flood Solutions. The company supplies the rapid response flood defence products such as the Big Bag Flood Defence System for which Curran recently secured a €2 million export deal. In 2011, Curran was interviewed about the Big Bag Solution on Ireland's most popular TV show The Late Late Show, hosted by Ryan Tubridy.

Politics

Curran stood at the 2016 general election as a Fianna Fáil candidate in the Roscommon–Galway constituency.

Honours

Gaelic football

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