Máire Devine
Cllr Máire Devine | |
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Dublin City Councillor | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office October 2020 | |
Constituency | South West Inner City |
Senator | |
In office 27 April 2016 – 27 March 2020 | |
Constituency | Labour Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 October 1972 (1972-10-22) (age 51) The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
Spouse | Kevin Devine |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
Website | mairedevinesinnfein |
Máire Devine (born 22 October 1972)[1][2] is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has served as a Dublin City Councillor since October 2020. She previously served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from April 2016 to March 2020.[3][4]
Early life
Devine was born in The Liberties to a republican family and involved in campaigns around the 1981 Irish hunger strike. She worked as a psychiatric nurse in England and was a long-term trade union activist.[5]
Personal life
She is married to Kevin Devine; they have three children.[6]
Career
Devine was co-opted onto South Dublin County Council in 2011, representing Tallaght Central. She was re-elected in 2014.[7]
She stood unsuccessfully in Dublin South-Central at the 2016 general election, but was later elected to the 25th Seanad on the Labour Panel.[8]
in 2018, she was suspended from Sinn Féin for three months after retweeting a parody Twitter account that referred to Irish Prison Service officer Brian Stack (fatally shot by the IRA in 1983) as a "sadist."[9] She lost her seat at the 2020 Seanad election.
In October 2020 she was co-opted to Dublin City Council representing the South West Inner City to replace Críona Ní Dhálaigh who resigned from her seat the previous month.
References
- ^ Devine, Seanadóir Máire (22 October 2013). "1913 commemorative coin. A treasured birthday gift. TY maureen.pic.twitter.com/ysZAUrh8Rg".
- ^ Devine, Seanadóir Máire (22 October 2016). "Jack Crowe Walk- somebody has a birthday today! pic.twitter.com/Al8N1WTNZy".
- ^ "Máire Devine". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Quarter of senate seats filled". RTÉ News. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Máire Devine". sinnfein.ie. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "About Máire Devine". mairedevinesinnfein.wordpress.com. 16 November 2012.
- ^ "Máire Devine". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Senator Máire Devine 'to be an advocate for nurses and mental health services'". sinnfein.ie. 26 April 2016.
- ^ Brophy, Daragh (19 March 2018). "Mary Lou says senator who retweeted post calling IRA victim a 'sadist' made 'catastrophic error'". TheJournal.ie.
External links
- Máire Devine's page on the Sinn Féin website
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