Declan Kearney
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Declan Kearney MLA |
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Kearney in 2015
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim |
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Assumed office May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Mitchel McLaughlin |
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| Born | 19 December 1964 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn 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.
Originally from Antrim, he is the son of Oliver and Brigid (née Totten) Kearney. He lived in Derry at the time of his election.
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". His brother, Ciarán Kearney, husband of Jane (née Donaldson) is the son-in-law of the late PIRA volunteer and Sinn Féin politician, Denis Donaldson, who was assassinated in County Donegal after having been exposed as a double agent.
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