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

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]

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. 1 2 3 "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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