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{{short description|Irish public servant and later politician}}
{{Short description|Irish public servant and later politician (1927–2017)}}
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|name = Maurice Hayes
|image = Dr Maurice Hayes.jpg
|image = Dr Maurice Hayes.jpg
|office = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]]
|term_start = 17 September 1997
|office = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]]
|term_start = September 1997
|term_end = 13 September 2007
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|constituency = [[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|Nominated by the Taoiseach]]
|term_end = July 2007
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|8|df=y}}
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|constituency = [[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|Nominated by the Taoiseach]]
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|birth_place = [[Killough]], [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1927|07|08|df=y}}
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|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|23|1927|7|8|df=y}}
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|birth_place = [[Killough]], [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]
|death_place = [[Downpatrick]], County Down, Northern Ireland
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|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|23|1927|07|08|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Downpatrick]], County Down, Northern Ireland
|party = [[Independent politician (Ireland)|Independent]]
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|spouse = Johanna Hayes
|party = [[Independent politicians in Ireland|Independent]]
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|children = 5
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|spouse = Johanna
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|alma_mater = [[Queen's University Belfast]]
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|children = 5
|education = [[St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick|St Patrick's Grammar School]]
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|alma_mater = [[Queen's University Belfast]]
|profession = {{Hlist|[[Author]]|[[Academic]]|[[Civil Servant]]|[[Politician]]}}
|profession = {{Hlist|[[Author]]|[[Academic]]|[[Civil Servant]]|[[Politician]]}}
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'''Maurice Hayes''' (8 July 1927 – 23 December 2017) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] public servant and, late in life, an independent member of the 21st and 22nd [[Seanad Éireann|Seanads]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Dr-Maurice-Hayes.S.1997-09-17/|title=Maurice Hayes|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=26 May 2010}}</ref> Hayes was [[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|nominated by the Taoiseach]], [[Bertie Ahern]], in 1997 and re-nominated in 2002. He also served, at the Taoiseach's request, as Chairman of the National Forum on Europe in the Republic of Ireland.
'''Maurice Hayes''' (8 July 1927 – 23 December 2017) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] public servant and, late in life, an independent member of the 21st and 22nd [[Seanad Éireann|Seanads]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Dr-Maurice-Hayes.S.1997-09-17/|title=Maurice Hayes|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=26 May 2010}}</ref> Hayes was [[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|nominated by the Taoiseach]], [[Bertie Ahern]], in 1997 and re-nominated in 2002. He also served, at the Taoiseach's request, as Chairman of the National Forum on Europe in the Republic of Ireland.
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==Early life==
==Early life==
Hayes was born in [[Killough]]<ref name="sweet"/> [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]], in 1927.<ref name="BBCobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42465895|title=Former NI Ombudsman Maurice Hayes dies|work=BBC News|date=23 December 2017|access-date=23 December 2017|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He completed a PhD in English at the [[Queen's University Belfast]], then taught at [[St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick|St Patrick's Grammar School]] in Downpatrick.<ref name="ITO">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/tributes-paid-as-former-senator-maurice-hayes-dies-aged-90-1.3338042|title=Tributes paid as former senator Maurice Hayes dies aged 90|publisher=[[The Irish Times]]|date=December 23, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref> He left teaching to become town clerk of [[Downpatrick]] the then administrative centre of County Down, succeeding his father in the role.<ref name="RTE">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/1223/929422-down-gaa-legend-maurice-hayes-dies-aged-90/|title=Down GAA legend and former senator Maurice Hayes dies aged 90|publisher=RTE|date=December 23, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>
Hayes was born in [[Killough]]<ref name="sweet"/> [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]], in 1927.<ref name="BBCobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42465895|title=Former NI Ombudsman Maurice Hayes dies|work=BBC News|date=23 December 2017|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> He completed a PhD in English at the [[Queen's University Belfast]], then taught at [[St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick|St Patrick's Grammar School]] in [[Downpatrick]].<ref name="ITO">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/tributes-paid-as-former-senator-maurice-hayes-dies-aged-90-1.3338042|title=Tributes paid as former senator Maurice Hayes dies aged 90|publisher=[[The Irish Times]]|date=December 23, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref> He left teaching to become town clerk of Downpatrick the then administrative centre of County Down, succeeding his father in the role.<ref name="RTE">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/1223/929422-down-gaa-legend-maurice-hayes-dies-aged-90/|title=Down GAA legend and former senator Maurice Hayes dies aged 90|publisher=RTE|date=December 23, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>


==Public service career==
==Public service career==
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==Writing==
==Writing==
Hayes also wrote numerous pieces of journalism, notably, and regularly, for the Irish Independent.<ref name="BBC"/> He was the author of three books of memoirs, ''Sweet Killough: Let Go Your Anchor'';<ref name="sweet">{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Maurice |title=Sweet Killough let go your anchor |date=1994 |publisher=Blackstaff Press |location=Belfast |isbn=0856405280}}</ref> ''Black Puddings with Slim: A Downpatrick Boyhood'';<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Maurice |title=Black puddings with slim : a Downpatrick boyhood |date=1996 |publisher=Blackstaff Press |location=Belfast |isbn=0856405906}}</ref> and ''Minority Verdict: Experiences Of A Catholic Civil Servant'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Maurice |title=Minority verdict : experiences of a Catholic public servant |date=1995 |publisher=Blackstaff Press |location=Belfast |isbn=0856405485}}</ref> as well as author or editor of works on conflict research, community relations and Irish writing.<ref name="RTE"/>
Hayes also wrote numerous pieces of journalism, notably, and regularly, for the ''Irish Independent''.<ref name="BBC"/> He was the author of three books of memoirs, ''Sweet Killough: Let Go Your Anchor'';<ref name="sweet">{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Maurice |title=Sweet Killough let go your anchor |date=1994 |publisher=Blackstaff Press |location=Belfast |isbn=0856405280}}</ref> ''Black Puddings with Slim: A Downpatrick Boyhood'';<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Maurice |title=Black puddings with slim : a Downpatrick boyhood |date=1996 |publisher=Blackstaff Press |location=Belfast |isbn=0856405906}}</ref> and ''Minority Verdict: Experiences Of A Catholic Civil Servant'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Maurice |title=Minority verdict : experiences of a Catholic public servant |date=1995 |publisher=Blackstaff Press |location=Belfast |isbn=0856405485}}</ref> as well as author or editor of works on conflict research, community relations and Irish writing.<ref name="RTE"/>


==Memberships==
==Memberships==
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He also served, at the Taoiseach's request, as Chairman of the National Forum on Europe in the Republic of Ireland.<ref name="Independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tributes-paid-after-maurice-hayes-passes-away-aged-90-36433635.html|title=Tributes paid after Maurice Hayes passes away, aged 90|publisher=Independent.ie|access-date=24 December 2017|date=24 December 2017}}</ref> The approach he devised to educate the population on the arguments over European issues was so successful that many other European countries adopted similar methods.<ref name="Best"/>
He also served, at the Taoiseach's request, as Chairman of the National Forum on Europe in the Republic of Ireland.<ref name="Independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tributes-paid-after-maurice-hayes-passes-away-aged-90-36433635.html|title=Tributes paid after Maurice Hayes passes away, aged 90|publisher=Independent.ie|access-date=24 December 2017|date=24 December 2017}}</ref> The approach he devised to educate the population on the arguments over European issues was so successful that many other European countries adopted similar methods.<ref name="Best"/>


In later life, Hayes was a member of the [[Royal Irish Academy]] and the Research Ethical Committee of [[Queen's University Belfast]] medical school, and a governor of the [[Linenhall Library]], Belfast.<ref name="Best"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ria.ie/maurice-n-hayes |title=Maurice N. Hayes |work=Royal Irish Academy |access-date=27 Nov 2021}}</ref><ref name="Belfast"/> He was a long-serving member of the Scholarship Board of the [[O'Reilly Foundation]].<ref name="BBCobit"/> He was also a board member at [[Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom|Regtel]].<ref name="RTE"/>
In later life, Hayes was a member of the [[Royal Irish Academy]] and the Research Ethical Committee of [[Queen's University Belfast]] medical school, and a governor of the [[Linenhall Library]], Belfast.<ref name="Best"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ria.ie/maurice-n-hayes |title=Maurice N. Hayes |work=Royal Irish Academy |date=19 October 2015 |access-date=27 Nov 2021}}</ref><ref name="Belfast"/> He was a long-serving member of the Scholarship Board of the [[O'Reilly Foundation]].<ref name="BBCobit"/> He was also a board member at [[Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom|Regtel]].<ref name="RTE"/>


Hayes was asked by Mary Harney, when she was the Minister for Health in the Republic of Ireland, and the [[Health Service Executive|HSE]] to conduct a review into a scandal in the radiology department at Tallaght Hospital on the outskirts of Dublin.<ref name="Independent"/>
Hayes was asked by [[Mary Harney]], when she was the Minister for Health in the Republic of Ireland, and the [[Health Service Executive|HSE]] to conduct a review into a scandal in the radiology department at [[Tallaght Hospital]] on the outskirts of Dublin.<ref name="Independent"/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Hayes was a county [[Hurling|hurler]], who in the mid-1950s became County Secretary of the Down [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) and set a ten-year plan for [[Down county football team|the county football team]] to become the first from [[Northern Ireland]] to win an [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland football final]].<ref name="Independent"/> Within five years, Down had won their first All Ireland trophy in 1960.<ref name=oireachtas_db/> They followed it with further successes in 1961, 1968, 1991 and 1994.<ref name="Independent"/> No other Northern team won an All Ireland title until [[Derry county football team|Derry]] won the football title in 1993.<ref name="Belfast"/>
Hayes was a county [[Hurling|hurler]], who in the mid-1950s became County Secretary of the Down [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) and set a ten-year plan for [[Down county football team|the county football team]] to become the first from [[Northern Ireland]] to win an [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland football final]].<ref name="Independent"/> Within five years, Down had won their first All-Ireland trophy in 1960.<ref name=oireachtas_db/> They followed it with further successes in 1961, 1968, 1991 and 1994.<ref name="Independent"/> No other Northern team won an All-Ireland title until [[Derry county football team|Derry]] won the football title in 1993.<ref name="Belfast"/>


Hayes died in a [[Downe Hospital|Downe hospital]] after a long illness on 23 December 2017 at the age of 90.<ref name="BBCobit"/><ref name="RTE"/>
Hayes died in [[Downe Hospital]] after a long illness on 23 December 2017 at the age of 90.<ref name="BBCobit"/><ref name="RTE"/>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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Maurice Hayes
Senator
In office
17 September 1997 – 13 September 2007
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born(1927-07-08)8 July 1927
Killough, County Down, Northern Ireland
Died23 December 2017(2017-12-23) (aged 90)
Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland
Political partyIndependent
SpouseJohanna Hayes
Children5
EducationSt Patrick's Grammar School
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
Profession

Maurice Hayes (8 July 1927 – 23 December 2017) was an Irish public servant and, late in life, an independent member of the 21st and 22nd Seanads.[1] Hayes was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, in 1997 and re-nominated in 2002. He also served, at the Taoiseach's request, as Chairman of the National Forum on Europe in the Republic of Ireland.

Hayes was voted European Person of the Year in 2003.[1]

Early life

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Hayes was born in Killough[2] County Down, Northern Ireland, in 1927.[3] He completed a PhD in English at the Queen's University Belfast, then taught at St Patrick's Grammar School in Downpatrick.[4] He left teaching to become town clerk of Downpatrick the then administrative centre of County Down, succeeding his father in the role.[5]

Public service career

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In the troubled politics of Northern Ireland, where political parties tend to be sharply split along pseudo-ethno-nationalistic lines, Hayes was viewed as an even-handed observer.[6] He wrote or contributed to major policy reports, such as the Patten Commission dealing with reforms to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the police force later renamed the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).[7]

Writing

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Hayes also wrote numerous pieces of journalism, notably, and regularly, for the Irish Independent.[7] He was the author of three books of memoirs, Sweet Killough: Let Go Your Anchor;[2] Black Puddings with Slim: A Downpatrick Boyhood;[8] and Minority Verdict: Experiences Of A Catholic Civil Servant,[9] as well as author or editor of works on conflict research, community relations and Irish writing.[5]

Memberships

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Hayes was a former Northern Ireland Ombudsman and Boundary Commissioner, and was Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services.[4] He was a former chairman of the Community Relations Council and the Acute Hospitals Review Group.[7]

He was chairman of The Ireland Funds in the Republic of Ireland, a branch of a major charitable group with worldwide contributors, which has made significant grants to groups dealing with social and business problems.[10]

Hayes was also a long-serving non-executive director of Independent News & Media Plc, retiring in 2009 towards the culmination of a long running battle for control of the group between the O'Reilly family and Denis O'Brien led to a re-structuring of the Board.[10]

Hayes was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, in 1997 and re-nominated in 2002.[4]

He also served, at the Taoiseach's request, as Chairman of the National Forum on Europe in the Republic of Ireland.[11] The approach he devised to educate the population on the arguments over European issues was so successful that many other European countries adopted similar methods.[10]

In later life, Hayes was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the Research Ethical Committee of Queen's University Belfast medical school, and a governor of the Linenhall Library, Belfast.[10][12][6] He was a long-serving member of the Scholarship Board of the O'Reilly Foundation.[3] He was also a board member at Regtel.[5]

Hayes was asked by Mary Harney, when she was the Minister for Health in the Republic of Ireland, and the HSE to conduct a review into a scandal in the radiology department at Tallaght Hospital on the outskirts of Dublin.[11]

Personal life

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Hayes was a county hurler, who in the mid-1950s became County Secretary of the Down Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and set a ten-year plan for the county football team to become the first from Northern Ireland to win an All-Ireland football final.[11] Within five years, Down had won their first All-Ireland trophy in 1960.[1] They followed it with further successes in 1961, 1968, 1991 and 1994.[11] No other Northern team won an All-Ireland title until Derry won the football title in 1993.[6]

Hayes died in Downe Hospital after a long illness on 23 December 2017 at the age of 90.[3][5]

Awards

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Hayes was voted European Person of the Year in 2003.[1]

He also received honorary doctorates from his alma mater; from both Queen's University Belfast and University of Ulster in the UK, as well as Trinity College, University of Dublin and National University of Ireland in the Republic of Ireland.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Maurice Hayes". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b Hayes, Maurice (1994). Sweet Killough let go your anchor. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. ISBN 0856405280.
  3. ^ a b c "Former NI Ombudsman Maurice Hayes dies". BBC News. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Tributes paid as former senator Maurice Hayes dies aged 90". The Irish Times. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d "Down GAA legend and former senator Maurice Hayes dies aged 90". RTE. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Former senior civil servant and GAA figure Dr Maurice Hayes dies age 90". Belfast Telegraph. Independent News & Media. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d "An 'outstanding individual' - the late Dr Maurice Hayes". BBC News. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. ^ Hayes, Maurice (1996). Black puddings with slim : a Downpatrick boyhood. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. ISBN 0856405906.
  9. ^ Hayes, Maurice (1995). Minority verdict : experiences of a Catholic public servant. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. ISBN 0856405485.
  10. ^ a b c d "Maurice Hayes, the best of the best". Slugger O'Toole. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d "Tributes paid after Maurice Hayes passes away, aged 90". Independent.ie. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Maurice N. Hayes". Royal Irish Academy. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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