Máire Devine

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

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Máire Devine
Dublin City Councillor
Assumed office
October 2020
ConstituencySouth West Inner City
Senator
In office
27 April 2016 – 27 March 2020
ConstituencyLabour Panel
Personal details
Born22 October 1972 (1972-10-22) (age 51)
The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
SpouseKevin Devine
Children3
Alma materDublin Institute of Technology
Websitemairedevinesinnfein.wordpress.com

Early life

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

She 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.

In October 2020 she was co-opted to Dublin City Council representing the South West Inner City to replace Críona Ní Dhálaigh who resigned from her seat the previous month.

References
  1. Devine, Seanadóir Máire (22 October 2013). "1913 commemorative coin. A treasured birthday gift. TY maureen.pic.twitter.com/ysZAUrh8Rg".
  2. Devine, Seanadóir Máire (22 October 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. 26 April 2016. 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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