Davy Hyland (born 25 February 1955, Belfast) is an Irish republican former politician who was a Sinn Fein Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Newry and Armagh from 2003 to 2007.
In the mid-1980s, Hyland appeared in court accused of killing former Royal Ulster Constabulary Inspector Albert White but the case collapsed after supergrass Eamon Collins withdrew statements made to police [1] He was deselected by Sinn Féin before running for the 2007 Assembly election, having received only three votes out of 63 cast by the party membership present at the selection convention.
[2] On 2 February 2007, he announced formally through the Irish News newspaper that he would run in the 2007 Assembly election in Newry and Armagh as an independent republican opposed to Sinn Féin's acceptance of the PSNI.
In 2022, while campaigning for the Northern Ireland Assembly elections on behalf of independent Newry City Councillor, Gavin Malone, Hyland was observed on a constituent’s Ring video door bell removing other candidates’ election literature and placing it in the constituent’s wheelie bin.
As a result, Malone announced on social media platforms that the member of his team in question was removed from his campaign group with immediate effect.