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 2022
Junior Minister at the Executive Office
In office
11 January 2020 – 5 May 2022
Preceded byMegan Fearon
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for South Antrim
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded byMitchel McLaughlin
Personal details
Born (1964-12-19) 19 December 1964
NationalityIrish
Political partySinn 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. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. "Four SF city SPADS include bomber". Londonderry Sentinel. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. "Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney 'sorry' for all Troubles victims". BBC News. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  4. "Anatomy of murder". Belfast Telegraph. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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