socialist who ended up being expelled from the SDLP for criticizing its lack of socialist politics. Outside of party politics, Devlin spent his later years as Area Secretary of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. His knowledge of the Industrial Relations Order (Northern Ireland 1976) was extensive. He wrote an acclaimed study (his MSc thesis) of the 1935 Outdoor Relief Riots in Belfast, published as Yes We Have No Bananas in 1985. References External links BBC Obituary Sources Devlin, Paddy (1993). Straight Left: An Autobiography. Blackstaff Press Ltd. ISBN 0-85640-514-0 / 9780856405143. 1925 births 1999 deaths Labour Party (Ireland) politicians Members of Belfast City Council Leaders of political parties in Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1969–1973 Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1973–1974 Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention Northern Ireland Labour Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Social Democratic and Labour Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) members Irish republicans interned without trial Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Belfast constituencies Executive ministers of the 1974 Northern Ireland Assembly