Catherine Kelly
Catherine Kelly | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly forWest Tyrone | |
| In office 20 June 2017 – 31 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Barry McElduff |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Brogan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Catherine Kelly 27 June 1987 Loughmacrory,County Tyrone,Northern Ireland[1] |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University |
Catherine KellyMLA(born 27 June 1987) is aSinn Féinpolitician fromLoughmacrory,County Tyrone,who served asMember of the Legislative Assemblyfor theWest Tyroneconstituency in theNorthern Ireland AssemblyJune 2017 until her resignation in October 2020.[2]
Education[edit]
Kelly studied English and History atLiverpool John Moores Universityand Early Childhood Studies atSouth West CollegeinOmagh.[1]
Nursery school teacher[edit]
She also worked at an Irish language nursery school.[1]
Sinn Féin and political career[edit]
Kelly joined Sinn Féin in 2009 and stood as a candidate in the local elections in Omagh Town in 2014. She worked as an advisor toBarry McElduff.After the 2017 general election, she was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent the West Tyrone constituency following McElduff's election to the House of Commons. Kelly resigned on 31 October 2020 following controversy over a small-business grant related to theCOVID-19 epidemic.[3][4][5]She was replaced on the assembly byNicola Brogan.
References[edit]
- ^abc"Irish language enthusiast Catherine Kelly co-opted as new MLA for Strabane area".derryjournal.
- ^Madden, Andrew (12 June 2017)."Sinn Féin co-opt new MLAs in Foyle and West Tyrone".The Irish News.
- ^"Statement from Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald".sinnfein.ie.
- ^"Covid grants: Mary Lou McDonald accepts resignation of West Tyrone MLA Catherine Kelly".Belfasttelegraph– via belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^Smith, Ryan (31 October 2020)."Full statement as SF MLA becomes fourth member to resign over Covid grants".BelfastLive.
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