Mickey Brady

Mickey Brady (born 7 October 1950) is an Irish republican politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newry and Armagh since 2015. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland for Newry and Armagh from 2007 to 2015.

Mickey Brady
Member of Parliament
for Newry and Armagh
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byConor Murphy
Majority9,287 (18.3%)
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Newry and Armagh
In office
7 March 2007 – 8 June 2015
Preceded byDavy Hyland
Succeeded byConor Murphy
Personal details
Born (1950-10-07) 7 October 1950
Newry, Northern Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
Spouse(s)Caroline Brady
Children4
ParentsSally Brady (Mother)
WebsiteOfficial website

Brady was born in the Ballybot area of Newry. He attended the Abbey Primary School in the town and later the Abbey Christian Brothers' Grammar School. After this, he went to university in Liverpool. In 1981, Brady was employed by the Confederation of Community Groups in Newry, running a welfare rights advice centre, dealing with benefits and housing issues until 2007. His mother, Sarah "Sally" Brady (3 March 1909 – 4 May 2016), was the second oldest known living person in Northern Ireland.[1][2]

Brady says he was always interested in politics and was always an Irish republican so it was an obvious progression for him to be selected to contest the Newry and Armagh Assembly seat in 2007 for Sinn Féin. He first took his seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 8 March 2007 and retained the seat in 2011. He was selected to contest the 2015 general election by party members in Newry and won the seat. He does not take his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, in line with Sinn Féin's abstentionist policy.

Locally, Brady is also a member of the Confederation of Community Groups and a member of the Board of Governors for schools in his constituency.

On 4 May 2015, during his Westminster election campaign, Brady was told by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) of a death threat against him. During the early hours of the following morning, he was advised again of another death threat against him and a bomb threat on his family home in Newry. The PSNI searched the property and found no devices.[3]

On 8 June 2017, Brady was re-selected by Sinn Féin in the Newry & Armagh constituency to defend his Westminster seat in the snap 2017 United Kingdom general election.[4]

Brady successfully defended his seat again in the snap 2019 general election on 12 December 2019.[5]

References
  1. "Born before work started on Titanic, is Sally Brady (107) the oldest woman in Northern Ireland? - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "Mother of Newry & Armagh MP Mickey Brady dies aged 107". The Irish News. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. "Election 2015: Sinn Féin's Mickey Brady 'warned of death threats'". BBC News. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. "'The vote of the people can make a difference once again' – Mickey Brady". Newry Times.
  5. "Newry and Armagh: Mickey Brady retains seat for Sinn Féin, but majority slips". Irish Times.
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
Davy Hyland		 MLA for Newry and Armagh
2007 – 2015		 Succeeded by
Conor Murphy
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Conor Murphy		 Member of Parliament
for Newry and Armagh
2015–present		 Incumbent
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