| Office: | Senator |
| Term Start: | 5 November 1969 |
| Term End: | 23 February 1972 |
| Constituency: | Labour Panel |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Party: | Labour Party |
| Alma Mater: | University College Dublin |
James Dunne (1921 – 23 February 1972) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1969 to 1972.
He attended National College of Industrial Relations and University College Dublin where he was awarded a diploma in social and economic studies. He was elected to the 12th Seanad in 1969 by the Labour Panel.[1] He died in office in 1972.[2] No by-election was held to fill his seat.
He became General Secretary of Marine Port and General Workers' Union in 1957,[2] and was president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 1969.