Declan Bree
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Cllr Declan Bree |
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| Sligo County Councillor | |
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Assumed office 1974 |
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| Constituency | Sligo Strandhill |
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In office November 1992 – June 1997 |
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| Constituency | Sligo–Leitrim |
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| Born | 1 July 1951 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Independent |
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Labour Party (1991–2007) Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation (1974–91) |
| Website | www |
Declan Bree (born 1 July 1951) is an Irish independent politician who is the joint longest-serving member of Sligo Borough Council. He was a founder of the Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation in 1974, and was a member of that group until joining the Labour Party in 1991. He served in Dáil Éireann from 1992 to 1997. In May 2007 Bree resigned from the Labour Party, citing his disagreement with their pre-electoral pact with Fine Gael, and his clashes with party leader Pat Rabbitte.
He was first elected to Sligo Corporation and Sligo County Council in 1974 and has retained his seat on both authorities at each subsequent election. He was Mayor of Sligo in 2004 and was Chairman of Sligo County Council in 1986.
He is a former Chairman of the Health Service Executive’s Regional Health Forum West, and he is also Chairman of the Western River Basin Advisory Council.
A member of Ireland's radical socialist youth organisation the Connolly Youth Movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he went on to become National Chairperson of the movement. A founder and former Chairperson and General Secretary of the Sligo/Leitrim Independent Socialist Organisation he has been a lifelong political activist.
He was the Sligo/Leitrim Campaign Director in both Divorce referendum campaigns and he was a lifelong member of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement.
He was the Secretary of the National Association of Labour Councillors, President of the Connolly Forum (Sligo) and he is also Secretary of the Gralton Labour History Committee (Leitrim). He is a patron of People's Movement which campaigned against the Lisbon Treaty.
An active trade unionist he is a former member of the Western branch Committee of the Federated Workers Union of Ireland. He is a member of the Sligo branch of SIPTU. He is also a member of the Executive of the Local Authority Members Association.
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