Deletion of John Bailey (Irish politician)

Comment: I've added about 40 references from national news sources to events in this guy's sports and political careers. There are hundreds more to choose from - not just random ghits but references in published verifiable reliable national sources. He has generated a huge amount of coverage over the past 10 years. Some of the comments above seem to indicate that being a local politician takes from a person's notability.  states that being a member of the type of assembly that Bailey belongs to improves the case for notability. In many of the sources quoted in the article, you will notice that Bailey's name appears in the headline- he is not just a tangential reference in an article about something else.  He is also referenced by several other Wikipedia articles
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)