Dominic Bradley

Dominic Bradley (Irish Doiminic Ó Brolcháin ) is a formerSocial Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Newry and Armagh. As an MLA, he was the SDLP Spokesperson for Education and for the Irish language.

A graduate of St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook, Bradley is a teacher from County Armagh. He acted as Director of Elections for Seamus Mallon MP and for the SDLP in the Newry and Mourne District Council area.

Membership:

• Member of the National Executive Association for School's Drama
• Founder of Tí Chulainn Cultural Activity Centre, An Mullach Bán.
• Member of National Executive National Association of Teachers of Irish.

Bradley is an Irish language speaker, and is education editor of the daily newspaper Lá Nua. He writes in Irish for a number of other newspapers. In October 2011, he was sanctioned by speaker for talking too long without asking a question.

He studied at Queen’s University, Belfast for a joint honours degree in English Literature and Language. After his degree he stayed on at Belfast and studied for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. As a mature student he went to the University of Ulster where he studied for and attained a master's degree in Irish Language and Literature.