Declan Kearney
Declan Kearney | |
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Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim | |
Assumed office May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Mitchel McLaughlin |
Junior Minister at the Executive Office | |
Assumed office 11 January 2020 Serving with Gordon Lyons, Gary Middleton | |
Preceded by | Megan Fearon |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 December 1964 |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Declan Kearney (born 19 December 1964) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was elected as a member (MLA) of the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the South Antrim constituency at the 2016 election.[1]
Originally from Antrim, he is the son of Oliver and Brigid (née Totten) Kearney.[1] He lived in Derry at the time of his election.[2][1]
Prior to his election, Kearney served as National Chairman of Sinn Féin, in which capacity he apologised "for all the lives lost during the Troubles".[3] His brother, Ciarán Kearney, husband of Jane (née Donaldson), is the son-in-law of the late Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and Sinn Féin politician Denis Donaldson, who was assassinated near Glenties in County Donegal after having been exposed as a British agent.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Assembly Election 2016: Kearney 'delighted' to be elected in South Antrim, Newtownabbey Times, 6 May 2016.
- ^ Four SF city SPADS include bomber, Londonderry Sentinel, 23 May 2012
- ^ Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney 'sorry' for all Troubles victims, BBC News, 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Anatomy of murder". Belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- 1964 births
- Irish republicans
- Living people
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2016–2017
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2017–2022
- People from County Antrim
- Sinn Féin MLAs
- Sinn Féin parliamentary candidates