Declan Hughes
IrelandveteranMale6.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Declan Hughes is a co-founder of Irish Veterans, an organization dedicated to honoring and supporting Irish veterans. He was in the news for discussing the contested statistic regarding the percentage of Medal of Honor recipients of Irish descent and clarified that the figure did not originate from his organization.
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Declan Hughes became the secretary general of the Department of Enterprise shortly after the meeting with Aughinish Alumina.
Aughinish told government that Russian oligarch links were ‘challenging’ for plant – The Irish TimesThe Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·Ireland· 2026-09-09
Ireland· 2026-09-09
Irish Veterans co-founder Declan Hughes said the figure did not come from them.
Why are so many recipients of US Medal of Honor of Irish descent? – The Irish TimesThe Irish Times – major Irish daily, est. 1859·Ireland· 2025-03-18
Ireland· 2025-03-18
