Bairbre de Brún (born January 10, 1954 in Dublin) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland. Following the 2004 European elections, she is Sinn Féin's first member of the European Parliament in Northern Ireland. In the European Parliament, she sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left. She is also a member of the currently-suspended Northern Ireland Assembly, in one of the seats for West Belfast. She was Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the Northern Ireland Executive. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ... The name Sinn Féin pronounced Shin-Feyn (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone or we alone) has been applied to a series of political movements since 1905 in Ireland, each of which claim or claimed sole descent from the original party... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... The European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist and communist political grouping within the European Parliament. ... The Northern Ireland Assembly is a 108-member legislative body for Northern Ireland that sits at Stormont with powers devolved to it from the Westminster parliament. ... West Belfast is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Northern Ireland Executive is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...