Mark Dearey
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Mark Dearey is an Irish
Green Party
politician and former member of Seanad Éireann
. He was nominated by the Taoiseach on 23 February 2010 following the resignation of Déirdre de Búrca
.
He was previously a County Councillor on Louth County Council
and a member of Dundalk
Town Council for the Green Party. He was elected to the Town Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2009 and also elected to the County Council for the first time.
He was the Green Party candidate at the 2007 general election in the Louth constituency
and received 7% of first preference votes but was not elected.
He first came to public attention in County Louth in 1994 when he and three others from the county took a court action against British Nuclear Fuels Limited
, to seek an end to reprocessing at Sellafield
. That court action is still ongoing and the Stop Thorp Alliance Dundalk group have continued to highlight the dangers of reprocessing nuclear fuel, the alternatives to reprocessing, and the lack of urgency of Government to make Ireland's case.
In the early 1990s he worked as a secondary schoolteacher in Coláiste Éanna
in Dublin before embarking on a career in organic horticulture where he worked for nine years. He then acquired the music venue and bar, The Spirit Store in Dundalk which he still owns and manages.
He is a Director of Turas, the addiction counselling service. He is a founding member of the Newry Dundalk Farmers Market, Chairman of the St. Patrick's Day Committee, and is also a member of the Board of Friends of the Earth, Ireland
.
He did not contest the 2011 Seanad election.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
Green Party
Green Party (Ireland)
The Green Party is a green political party in Ireland. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and in 1987 was renamed to its current title in English...
politician and former member of Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by...
. He was nominated by the Taoiseach on 23 February 2010 following the resignation of Déirdre de Búrca
Déirdre de Búrca
Déirdre de Búrca is a Green Party Irish politician and a former member of Seanad Éireann. She had represented the party on Wicklow County Council and Bray Town Council from 1999 to 2007 and in the Seanad from 2007 until her resignation from the parliamentary party in 2010.-Background:Born in...
.
He was previously a County Councillor on Louth County Council
Louth County Council
Louth County Council is the local authority which is responsible for County Louth in Ireland. The Council is responsible for Housing and Community, Roads and Transportation, Urban planning and Development, Amenity and Culture, and Environment. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach...
and a member of Dundalk
Dundalk
Dundalk is the county town of County Louth in Ireland. It is situated where the Castletown River flows into Dundalk Bay. The town is close to the border with Northern Ireland and equi-distant from Dublin and Belfast. The town's name, which was historically written as Dundalgan, has associations...
Town Council for the Green Party. He was elected to the Town Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2009 and also elected to the County Council for the first time.
He was the Green Party candidate at the 2007 general election in the Louth constituency
Louth (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Louth is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies...
and received 7% of first preference votes but was not elected.
He first came to public attention in County Louth in 1994 when he and three others from the county took a court action against British Nuclear Fuels Limited
BNFL
British Nuclear Fuels Limited was a nuclear energy and fuels company owned by the UK Government. It was a former manufacturer and transporter of nuclear fuel , ran reactors, generated and sold electricity, reprocessed and managed spent fuel , and decommissioned nuclear plants and other similar...
, to seek an end to reprocessing at Sellafield
Sellafield
Sellafield is a nuclear reprocessing site, close to the village of Seascale on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England. The site is served by Sellafield railway station. Sellafield is an off-shoot from the original nuclear reactor site at Windscale which is currently undergoing...
. That court action is still ongoing and the Stop Thorp Alliance Dundalk group have continued to highlight the dangers of reprocessing nuclear fuel, the alternatives to reprocessing, and the lack of urgency of Government to make Ireland's case.
In the early 1990s he worked as a secondary schoolteacher in Coláiste Éanna
Coláiste Éanna
Coláiste Éanna CBS is a Catholic Secondary School for boys in Ballyroan, County Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1967 by the Christian Brothers, to serve the needs of Ballyroan and adjacent parishes. It now has over 500 pupils, and a staff of around 50....
in Dublin before embarking on a career in organic horticulture where he worked for nine years. He then acquired the music venue and bar, The Spirit Store in Dundalk which he still owns and manages.
He is a Director of Turas, the addiction counselling service. He is a founding member of the Newry Dundalk Farmers Market, Chairman of the St. Patrick's Day Committee, and is also a member of the Board of Friends of the Earth, Ireland
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 76 countries.FOEI is assisted by a small secretariat which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns...
.
He did not contest the 2011 Seanad election.