Declan Kearney

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]

Declan Kearney MLA
Kearney in 2015
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2016
Preceded by	Mitchel McLaughlin
Junior Minister at the Executive Office
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 January 2020 Serving with Gordon Lyons
Preceded by	Megan Fearon
Personal details
Born	(1964-12-19) 19 December 1964
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Sinn Féin

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

1. Assembly Election 2016: Kearney 'delighted' to be elected in South Antrim, Newtownabbey Times, 6 May 2016.
2. Four SF city SPADS include bomber, Londonderry Sentinel, 23 May 2012
3. Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney 'sorry' for all Troubles victims, BBC News, 27 August 2015.
4. "Anatomy of murder". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by Mitchel McLaughlin	MLA for South Antrim 2016–present	Incumbent