Former MP and journalist dies

Former journalist and one time MP for South Down Mr Michael Keogh has died aged 85

Former journalist and one time MP for South Down Mr Michael Keogh has died aged 85. Mr Keogh was elected to the old Stormont parliament in a 1967 by-election and served as a nationalist MP until 1972. He moved to Dublin during the 1970s, working for The Irish Times, RTE and the Irish Independent.

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