What is Austin Currie?
[[File:Austin Currie 2014 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Joseph Austin Currie''' (11 October 1939 &ndash; 9 November 2021) was an Irish civil rights activist and politician. He was born in [[Dungannon]], [[Northern Ireland]]. He was a member of [[Fine Gael]] and a founder of the [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]]. He was a member of the [[Parliament of Northern Ireland]] between 1964 until 1972, [[Teachta Dála]] from 1989 until 2002 and [[24th Government of Ireland|Minister of State for Justice]] from 1994 until 1997. Currie died on 9 November 2021 at his home in [[Derrymullan]], [[Ireland]] at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |title=NI civil rights leader Austin Currie dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-59228546 |date=9 November 2021 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=10 November 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=SDLP co-founder and NI civil rights leader Austin Currie dies aged 82 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/09/northern-ireland-sdlp-founder-member-austin-currie-dies-aged-82 |work=The Guardian |date=9 November 2021 |access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Currie, Austin}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Social Democratic and Labour Party politicians]] [[Category:Members of Dáil Éireann]] [[Category:Civil rights activists]] [[Category:Members of the Parliament of Northern Ireland]] {{bio-stub}}