“Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win,” - Bernadette Devlin

Bernadette Devlin (McAliskey) is an Irish civil rights leader and former politician.


She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Ulster in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 1974. Aged 21, she was the youngest MP at the time. Devlin helped to form the Irish Republican Socialist Party.


Since 1997, Bernadette has been active in the South Tyrone Empowerment Programme (STEP) – a community-based organisation that she founded that supports the rights of migrant workers.


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