Dominic Bradley (

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''Doiminic Ó Brolcháin'' ) is an Irish former

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(SDLP) politician who was a

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(MLA) for

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from 2003 to 2016. As an MLA, he was the SDLP Spokesperson for Education and for the Irish language. A graduate of St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook, Bradley is a teacher from

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. He acted as Director of Elections for

Seamus Mallon Seamus Frederick Mallon (; 17 August 1936 – 24 January 2020) was an Irish politician who served as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2001 and Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 1979 to 2 ...

MP and for the SDLP in the

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area. Membership: * Member of the National Executive Association for School's Drama * Founder of Tí Chulainn Cultural Activity Centre, An Mullach Bán. * Member of National Executive National Association of Teachers of Irish. Bradley is an

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speaker, and is education editor of the daily newspaper ''

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''. He writes in Irish for a number of other newspapers. In October 2011, he was sanctioned by speaker for talking too long without asking a question.

Education

He studied at

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for a joint honours degree in English Literature and Language. After his degree he stayed on at Belfast and studied for a

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. As a mature student he went to the

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where he studied for and attained a master's degree in Irish Language and Literature.

References

External links

Bradley on the SDLP website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bradley, Dominic 1960 births Living people People from Bessbrook Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs Alumni of Ulster University Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–2007 Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–2011 Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Members of Newry and Mourne District Council Educators from Northern Ireland People educated at St Paul's High School, Bessbrook 20th-century educators from Northern Ireland