Chris O'Leary

Cllr
Chris O'Leary
O'Leary in 2015
Lord Mayor of Cork
In office
June 2015 – June 2016
Preceded by Mary Shields
Succeeded by Des Cahill
Cork City Councillor
Assumed office
June 2002
Constituency Cork City South East
Personal details
Political party Sinn Féin (2010–present)[1]
Other political
affiliations		 Independent (2009–10)
Green Party (until 2009)

Chris O'Leary is a Sinn Féin Cork City Councillor and former Lord Mayor of Cork.[2] With a background in community development projects,[3] and a councillor since 2002, co-opted to replace his Green Party colleague Dan Boyle who was elected a TD, O'Leary left the Green Party in 2009,[4] and was an independent councillor prior to joining Sinn Féin in 2010.[5] He became Lord Mayor of Cork in June 2015,[6] in the second year of a D'Hondt method rotation agreed for the office in 2014.[7][8][9] He was Lord Mayor of Cork from June 2015 to June 2016, when he was replaced by Fine Gael politician Des Cahill.

His brother Don O'Leary was a Sinn Féin Councillor for Cork City.[10][11]

O'Leary is a patron of the People's Movement.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Chris O'Leary". Elections Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cork elects first Sinn Féin lord mayor in 90 years". Irish Times. 13 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ex-Green councillor to join Sinn Féin in Cork". Irish Times. 8 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Green councillor quits over party's Govt performance". BreakingNews.ie. 21 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cork Councillor joins Sinn Féin". RTÉ News. 8 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Historic victory as Sinn Fein gets first lord mayor of Cork in 90 years". Irish Examiner. 13 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cork city council opts for 'inclusive' d'Hondt system". Irish Times. 6 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Cork City Mayoral agreement is not a "pact" says Sinn Fein". TheCork.ie. 9 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "O'Leary will be next Lord Mayor". Evening Echo. 21 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ex-Green Councillor joins Sinn Fein". Irish Times. 8 July 2010.
  11. ↑ "Don O Leary". www.electionsireland.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  12. ↑ Patrons The Peoples Movement, www.people.ie
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