Leader Gerry Adams Nationality Irish Spouse(s) Helen Kenny Party Sinn Féin | Preceded by position established Political party Sinn Féin Children 4 Constituency Sligo–Leitrim | |
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Born 1 October 1971 (age 45)
Aughavas, Leitrim, Ireland ( 1971-10-01 ) Education Institute of Technology, Sligo | ||
Martin kenny td sinn fein will oppose ban on coursing
Martin Kenny is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency, upon being elected at the 2016 general election.
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He became a member of Leitrim County Council in 2001, when he was co-opted to replace Liam McGirl, the son of former Sinn Féin TD John Joe McGirl.
In May 2016, he made revealed a number of serious instances of misconduct in the Garda Síochána. The main allegations included that gardaí were engaging informants who were active criminals, outside of the Garda Covert Human Intelligence Sources program. He also mentioned a number of instances including "robberies allegedly carried out by informants under the direction of gardaí", cases of entrapment made at the behest of Garda handlers, and an instance where "senior gardaí did not inform other members of the force of plans by a criminal gang to carry out attacks at the homes of gardaí".
He also stated that two Gardaí had brought this to the attention of both Martin Callinan and former disgraced Minister of Justice, Alan Shatter, but their concerns were ignored.