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'Caitríona Ruane' MLA (b. Swinford, County Mayo) is a Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland. She is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down.^[1][2]
Ruane is a former professional tennis player who represented Ireland in the Fed Cup. She now lives in Carlingford, County Louth and is married with two children.^[3] In the past Ruane has acted as director of the Féile an Phobail and chairperson of the St Patrick's Carnival Committee in Belfast.^[4]
Ruane was a prominent member of the ''Bring Them Home'' campaign for the Colombia Three, which sought the safe return of three Irishmen convicted in Colombia of training Marxist rebels.^[5]

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1. Caitríona Ruane - Sinn Féin profile
2. Caitríona Ruane - NI Assmbley profile
3. Strategem NI - South Down
4. Legal challenge to St Pat's Day funding
5. NI cabinet ministers: at a glance