Máire Devine

Máire Devine (born 22 October 1972)[1][2] is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician who served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from April 2016 to March 2020.[3][4]

Máire Devine
Senator
In office
27 April 2016 – 27 March 2020
ConstituencyLabour Panel
Personal details
Born22 October 1972 (1972-10-22) (age 47)
The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn Féin
Spouse(s)Kevin Devine
Children3
Alma materDublin Institute of Technology
Websitemairedevinesinnfein.wordpress.com

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.[5]

Personal life

Devine 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.

References
  1. Devine, Seanadóir Máire (October 22, 2013). "1913 commemorative coin. A treasured birthday gift. TY maureen.pic.twitter.com/ysZAUrh8Rg".
  2. Devine, Seanadóir Máire (October 22, 2016). "Jack Crowe Walk- somebody has a birthday today! pic.twitter.com/Al8N1WTNZy".
  3. "Máire Devine". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  4. "Quarter of senate seats filled". RTÉ News. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. "Máire Devine". sinnfein.ie. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  6. "About Máire Devine". mairedevinesinnfein.wordpress.com. 16 November 2012.
  7. "Máire Devine". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  8. "Senator Máire Devine 'to be an advocate for nurses and mental health services'". sinnfein.ie. 26 April 2016.
  9. Brophy, Daragh (19 March 2018). "Mary Lou says senator who retweeted post calling IRA victim a 'sadist' made 'catastrophic error'". TheJournal.ie.
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