Declan Breathnach was born on 3 June 1958 and is an Irish former Fianna Fail politician who served as a Teachta Dala for the Louth constituency from 2016 to 2020.
12 Facts About Declan Breathnach
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Declan Breathnach has worked within primary schools for 35 years as a teacher and principal.
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Declan Breathnach has been a member of Fianna Fail since his early teens.
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Declan Breathnach had served as a Cumann Secretary, member of the officer board of Louth Comhairle Dail Ceantair and as the Louth constituency representative on the Fianna Fail National Executive, a position held up until his election as a member of Louth County Council in 1991.
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Declan Breathnach served as a Louth County Councillor until 2016 and was elected on two occasions as Cathaoirleach of the council.
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Declan Breathnach served as joint chairperson of the memorandum of association between Down Council and Louth Council from 2010 to 2015.
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Declan Breathnach was a member of the East Border Regions committee, and served as the chairperson of the Louth County Council Special Policy Group on Infrastructure, European and Cross-Border Matters.
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Declan Breathnach successfully contested the Louth constituency at 2016 general election, receiving 9,099 first preference votes.
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Declan Breathnach previously contested the Louth constituency at 2011 general election but was not elected.
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Declan Breathnach lost his Dail seat at the 2020 general election, leaving the Louth constituency without a Fianna Fail TD for the first time in the history of the state.
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Declan Breathnach contested the 2020 Seanad election, but was unsuccessful.
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On 9 July 2020, Declan Breathnach formally apologised to Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald regarding a tweet from 11 October 2018.