Complex sentence: Born in Hamill Street, Belfast, "Wee Joe" was a journalist with the "Irish News", and a member of the UK and Northern Ireland Parliaments for many years, on the Nationalist Party, Home Rule and Irish Parliamentary Party platforms.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Hamill Street, Belfast, "Wee Joe" was a journalist with the "Irish News". Devlin was a member of the UK and Northern Ireland Parliaments for many years, on the Nationalist Party, Home Rule and Irish Parliamentary Party platforms.