Máire Devine
| Senator Máire Devine | |
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| Senator | |
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Assumed office 27 April 2016 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Kevin |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Dublin Institute of Technology |
| Website |
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Máire Devine is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2016.[1][2]
Early life
Máire 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.[3]
Career
Devine was co-opted onto South Dublin County Council in 2011, representing Tallaght Central. She was re-elected in 2014.[4]
She stood unsuccessfully in Dublin South-Central at the 2016 general election and was then elected to the 25th Seanad on the Labour Panel.[5]
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."[6]
Personal life
Devine is married to Kevin; they have three children. She enjoys hillwalking and knitting.[7]
References
- ↑ "Máire Devine". Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ↑ "Quarter of senate seats filled". RTÉ News. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ↑ "Máire Devine". www.sinnfein.ie.
- ↑ "ElectionsIreland.org: Máire Devine". electionsireland.org.
- ↑ "Senator Máire Devine 'to be an advocate for nurses and mental health services'". www.sinnfein.ie.
- ↑ Brophy, Daragh. "Mary Lou says senator who retweeted post calling IRA victim a 'sadist' made 'catastrophic error'".
- ↑ "About Máire Devine". 16 November 2012.