James Heffernan (Irish politician)

James Heffernan
Senator
In office
25 May 2011 – 8 June 2016
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
Personal details
Born (1979-10-03) 3 October 1979 (age 45)
Limerick, Ireland
Political partySocial Democrats (2015–2016)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materUniversity of Limerick
ProfessionFormer teacher

James Heffernan (born 3 October 1979) is an Irish former Labour Party politician.[1]

Background

He is from a Limerick hurling family, with his father and brother, both called Pat, having played for the county. Heffernan was heavily involved with Labour Youth during his time in university, serving on the organisation's internal disciplinary committee.

Career

Primary-school teacher

A graduate of the University of Limerick, Heffernan was a primary school teacher by profession. Before becoming a full-time politician in around 2009, Heffernan taught in a number of schools, including St Anne's in Whitechapel, London.

Labour politician

He was a candidate at 2007 general election for the Limerick West constituency. He was a member of Limerick County Council from 2009 to 2011 for the Kilmallock local electoral area. He was a candidate at the 2011 general election for the Limerick constituency, polling 7,910 first preference votes (17.5%).[2] He was elected to the 24th Seanad in April 2011 on the Agricultural Panel for the Labour Party.[3]

He lost the parliamentary Labour Party whip in December 2012 after voting against the government on the Social Welfare Bill.[4] The loss of the whip resulted in a falloff in Heffernan's Seanad voting attendance. In September 2013, it was reported that Heffernan attended only 23% of all votes in the Seanad, the second worst record.[5]

Social Democrats

In February 2015, he claimed he was forming a new political party in order to oppose Sinn Féin.[6] On 4 September 2015, the Social Democrats announced that Heffernan was one of their five election candidates.[7]

Anti-social behaviour

Between 31 July 31 and 2 August 2016, Heffernan was allegedly arrested 3 times for offences including spitting at Gardaí, and drunken behaviour while attending Indiependence Music & Arts Festival in Mitchelstown, County Cork.[8] In January 2019, he was found guilty of assaulting three Gardaí after he was arrested outside Indiependence in August 2016.[9]

In April 2019, Heffernan was imprisoned for three months for the assault.[10]

In 2020 he was accused of stealing a book on parliamentary debates, as well as a coat, from the Stephens Green Club.[11]

In May 2023 he was given a four month sentence, suspended for 18 months, for various public order offences. He had been arrested 3 times in Dublin in the 24 hours after he attempted to hand in nomination papers at Trinity College for the 2022 Dublin University by-election but they were rejected. In court it emerged he had 33 prior convictions including 14 under the Public Order Act, three assaults, thefts including burglary, and road traffic offences.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "James Heffernan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ "James Heffernan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Counting continues in Seanad election". RTÉ News. 27 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Heffernan defies Labour whip on Bill". The Irish Times. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Revealed: one in four senators miss each vote". Irish Independent. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Heffernan's party to challenge 'baloney Republicans'". Limerick Leader. 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Social Democrats reveal five election candidates". BreakingNews.ie. 4 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Ex-senator held three times over weekend had a previous arrest". Irish Independent. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Former Senator convicted of kicking and spitting at gardai outside of music festival". Irish Independent. 4 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Judge laments 'fall from grace' as he jails former senator". The Irish Times. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Former senator accused of stealing from private members club". The Irish Times. 4 April 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  12. ^ "No jail for Limerick ex-senator arrested three times in 24 hours on public order offences". Irish Examiner. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2024.

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