Daithí McKay
| Daithí McKay | |
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Daithí McKay speaking at the 2011 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim |
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In office 7 March 2007 – 18 August 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Phillip McGuigan |
| Succeeded by | Phillip McGuigan |
| Chairperson of Finance and Personnel Committee | |
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In office 2012 – 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Conor Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Emma Pengelly |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board | |
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In office 2007 – 2011 |
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| Councillor on Ballymoney Borough Council | |
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In office 2005–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Gaston (UUP) |
| Succeeded by | Cathal McLaughlin (Sinn Féin) |
| Constituency | Bann Valley |
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2 March 1982 Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle |
| Alma mater | St Louis' Grammar School, Ballymena |
| Website | Sinn Féin |
Daithí McKay, (born 1982, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Irish republican and former politician. He was the Finance spokesperson for Sinn Féin and the Chair of the Finance and Personnel Committee in the Northern Irish Assembly from 2012 to 2016. He was an MLA for North Antrim for 9 years and was formerly a councillor on Ballymoney Borough Council. Whilst an Assembly Member he successfully brought forward legislation that led to the introduction of a Carrier Bag Levy in Northern Ireland and the abolishment of rates for hundreds of Community Amateur Sport Clubs (CASCs).
He resigned from Sinn Féin in December 2016 to take up a role as a political columnist with the Belfast Telegraph. He also contributes to the political blog Slugger O'Toole, the Irish News and is a political commentator on the BBC.
McKay was born in Ballymena in 1982. He was raised in the townland of Ballymaconnelly outside Rasharkin, County Antrim close to Rosnashane in the civil parish of Finvoy. He attended St Patrick's Primary School in Rasharkin and St. Louis' Grammar School, Ballymena.
Before becoming a full-time worker for Sinn Féin he lived in Belfast where he worked for the Ulster Bank. Prior to being elected he was involved in aid work in the Palestinian West Bank where he worked with the International Solidarity Movement accompanying Palestinians to help minimise harassment and attacks from the IDF and Israeli settlers.
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