Draft:Cllr Declan Meehan
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Declan Meehan is an Irish Independent politician and community worker. He is a member of Donegal County Council, representing the Milford Electoral Area and the manager of the Milford and District Resource Centre(MDRC).
He was elected to the county council in 2024 where he topped the poll.[1]
Declan was a co-founder and former Chairperson of the national LGBTQ+ education charity, ShoutOut[2]. He currently serves as Chairperson of the Swilly-Mulroy Community Health Forum and Chairperson of Ray Community Group.
Declan serves on the board of the Donegal Local Development CLG (DLDC) “DLDC is a local development company in Donegal working with representatives from communities, the state agencies, employers, trade unions and elected representatives with the aim of improving the lives of communities in Donegal[3].
He is also an elected member of the Donegal Public Participation Network’s secretariat. He has been involved in several local and national campaigns over the past ten years, including those focused on civil and human rights and community advocacy.
As manager of the Milford and district resource Centre (mdrc), Declan oversaw the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Milford being donated by the congregation in November 2022, which has allowed it to partially open and secured a private donation of €200,000[4]
Yes Equality/Love Equality
[edit]Declan has been a strong voice both in Northern Ireland and the Republic for same sex marriage. Part of the Love Equality and Yes Equality Campaigns, he has raised the issue at local and national levels.[5] His debate on OceanFM in 2015 made national headlines[6] when he was asked on live radio about sex between two men.
In the North a significant majority of the Assembly support delivery of same-sex marriage. Representing Cara-Friend, one of Northern Ireland's main LGBT community organisations, Meehan said a no same sex marriage legislation in Northern Ireland would see "LGBT people being treated as second-class citizens of Northern Ireland."[7]
2024 Local Election
[edit]Declan made history in Donegal during the 2024 Local Elections he was elected the first openly gay councillor[8] in Donegal.
Meehan topped the poll in the three seat Milford electoral area with 1,739 first preferences, going on to receive 2,074 votes.
Speaking before the election, he said "I decided to run this year because from my perspective, our council is very stuck in the past, in the old way of politics and there is a huge disconnect between the county council and the people they are meant to be serving and representing."[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Election 2024 Donegal: Declan Meehan makes history as first openly gay councillor in Donegal". Irish Independent. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "Blog". ShoutOut. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
- ^ "About Us - Donegal Local Development Company CLG (DLDC)". Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ Writer, Staff (2024-02-08). "Delight as private donation of €200,000 made to community centre in Milford". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ Vere, Taryn de (2019-10-21). ""Everyone will own their own bodies" Northern Ireland pro-choice and equal marriage campaigners rejoice". Her.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ Duffy, Rónán (2015-04-27). "A Yes Equality campaigner was asked on live radio about sex between two men". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "LGBT group urges commitment to deliver same-sex marriage before Executive formed". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2017-03-09. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ Wilson, James. "Elections 2024: Donegal elects first gay councillor". Newstalk. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "'Maybe it's time for me to be that voice I'm looking for'- meet the younger generation entering this year's local election race". Irish Independent. 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2024-12-02.