Conall McDevitt
| Conall McDevitt | |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Belfast |
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In office 21 May 2010 – 4 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Carmel Hanna |
| Succeeded by | Fearghal McKinney |
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| Born |
1 June 1972 Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | SDLP |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Official website |
Conall McDevitt (born 1972 in Dublin) is a former politician Irish nationalist and MLA for South Belfast who was forced to resign following a series of undeclared payments totalling £50,750 made during his three years as an MLA . He also served as the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) spokesman on Health, Social Services and Public safety and Policing, and was appointed to the Policing Board in May 2011.
McDevitt became the National Secretary of Labour Youth (Ireland) in 1993 and Vice President of ECOSY (European Community Organisation of Socialist Youth) in 1994. He became the SDLP Director of Communications in November 1996 until December 1999, a time that included the negotiations leading to the Good Friday Agreement and first Assembly elections. He left the SDLP to work as customer relations manager of Viridian Group PLC, then owners of Northern Ireland Electricity.
Following the establishment of the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive, McDevitt served as Special Adviser to the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Bríd Rodgers. He was involved in the attempts to resolve the Drumcree conflict and advised Rodgers during the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak.
He was Managing Director of Weber Shandwick in Northern Ireland from 2007 until his election to the MLA in 2010 and Chairperson of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. He was selected as the new SDLP MLA for South Belfast on 9 December 2009 and succeeded Carmel Hanna in the Northern Ireland Assembly in early 2010.
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