Conall McDevitt

Conall McDevitt (born 1972 in Dublin) is an Irish nationalist, and former member of the SDLP. He also served as the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) spokesman on Health, Social Services and Public safety and Policing, and was appointed to the Policing Board in May 2011.

On 17 May 2012, McDevitt launched a consultation seeking views on a reduction in speed limits from 30 mph to 20 mph on designated unclassified roads.

McDevitt said the SDLP was "100%" behind moves to permit same-sex marriage, but caused controversy by saying two veteran councillors would be disciplined over their opposition to it.

In September 2013 he resigned from the Assembly after the revelation of three undeclared payments, amounting to £50,750 made up of £30,000 for research and secretarial services for his work as an MLA and £6,750 from his previous employer Weber Shandwick while sitting as an MLA. JM Consulting was owned at that time by McDevitt's wife Joanne Murphy.

Three months after his resignation he joined the Irish lobbying firm Hume Brophy.

Personal life Born in Dublin, Ireland, but brought up in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, McDevitt was educated at the Instituto Bachillerato Mixto, Fuengirola.