Mags Murray

Mags Murray is a Fianna Fáil Councillor on Fingal County Council for the Castleknock Local Electoral Area and the former mayor of FIngal Council.[1]

Life

Murray was first elected at the 2004 elections as a member of the Progressive Democrats. She was subsequently an unsuccessful candidate for the party in the Irish general election, 2007 in the Dublin West. As the Progressive Democrats became defunct she joined Fianna Fáil in February 2008. She has been re-elected at each subsequent local election.

In June 2014 Murray was elected mayor of Fingal County Council due to the support of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Labour and a number of Independents.[1] She served until 2015. When attempting to visit her sick daughter in 2015 after the conclusion of a council meeting, her car was blocked in by anti-watercharge protesters.[2]

In 2015 Murray hosted the Annual Mayor's Conference.[3]

She is the current chairperson of LAMA, the Local Authority Members Association.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Creating jobs a priority for newly elected mayor, Mags - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Water charge protestors stop mayor from visiting transplant daughter for over an hour". Breaking News. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  3. ↑ "County Mayor Hosts Immigration Conference". North County Leader. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  4. ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2018-09-26.

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