Máire Devine


Máire Devine is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician who served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from April 2016 to March 2020.

Early life

Máire 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.

Personal life

Devine is married to Kevin Devine; they have three children.

Career

Devine was co-opted onto South Dublin County Council in 2011, representing Tallaght Central. She was re-elected in 2014.
She stood unsuccessfully in Dublin South-Central at the 2016 general election, but was later elected to the 25th Seanad on the Labour Panel.
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 as a "." She lost her seat at the 2020 Seanad election.