Mark Dearey

Mark Dearey is an elected member of Dundalk Town Council for the Irish Green Party. He was elected in 2004 for the Dundalk No. 1 district on his first attempt. He is the Green Party candidate at the 2007 general election in the Louth constituency.

Mark Dearey has been a Green Party Councillor since 2004 and in that period he has achieved considerable success both in his local constituency of Dundalk and with the party on a range of national issues. He first came to the public attention in Co. Louth in 1994 when he and three others from around the county, took a court action against British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), to seek an end to reprocessing at Sellafield. That court action is still on going and the STAD group have continued to highlight the dangers of reprocessing nuclear fuel, the alternatives to reprocessing, and the lack of urgency of Government to make Ireland's case.

In the early 1990's Mark taught in Colaiste Eanna in Dublin before embarking on a new path in organic horticulture where he worked for 9 years. Mark then spotted a business opportunity in the entertainment field and invested in the renowned music venue and bar, The Spirit Store in Dundalk which he still owns and manages. This he combines with his work on Council.

Mark Dearey is a Director of Turas, the addiction counselling service. He is a founding member of the Newry Dundalk Farmers Market, Chairman of the revitalised St. Patrick's Day Committee, he is also a member of the Board of Friends of the Earth Ireland.

Mark Dearey was named Ireland's trendiest politician by the Blogorrah website [1]

External links

• Speaking on an Education motion at The Green Party Convention 2007, Bit Torrent Download, Google Video
• The Irish Green Party web site
• The Louth Green Party web site
• My Space site
• The Spirit Store