Michael Colreavy
Michael Colreavy | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
| In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Sligo–North Leitrim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1948 Sligo, Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse | Alice Colreavy |
| Children | 8 |
Michael Colreavy (born 28 September 1948) is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–North Leitrim constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1]
He was the Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, fisheries and food from 2011 to 2016.[citation needed]
Born in Sligo, he moved to Manorhamilton in County Leitrim in 1981 where he now lives. He joined Sinn Féin in 1979 where he campaigned for the hunger striker and Anti H-Block candidate Joe McDonnell at the 1981 general election. He was a branch secretary of the Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union. He was a member of Leitrim County Council for the Manorhamilton electoral area from 1999 to 2011.[2]
He is an opponent of fracking in the Lough Allen basin, citing environmental concerns.[3]
He did not contest the 2016 general election.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Michael Colreavy". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Michael Colreavy". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Community caught between possible gas boom or risk of environmental disaster". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "Sinn Féin TD Michael Colreavy will not contest next election". The Irish Times. 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.