Críona Ní Dhálaigh Explained

Críona Ní Dhálaigh (born 11 February 1962) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2015 to 2016, being the first Sinn Féin Lord Mayor to take office.^[1] She was a Dublin City Councillor from March 2006 to September 2020.^{[2] [3] [4]}

She was co-opted onto Dublin City Council in 2006, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew O'Connell. She was elected in 2009 for the South West Inner City area and in 2014 for the Crumlin-Kimmage area.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 . Dublin City Council. June 2020. 18 November 2023.
2. Web site: Sinn Féin councillor Críona Ní Dhálaigh is the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. TheJournal.ie. 29 June 2015. 6 July 2015. 7 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150707033453/http://www.thejournal.ie/lord-mayor-dublin-2188303-Jun2015/. live.
3. Web site: Council Briefs: Former Lord Mayor Resigns and Lowering City Speeds Defeated, for Now. Dublin Inquirer. 16 September 2020. 16 September 2020. 19 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919063936/https://dublininquirer.com/2020/09/16/council-briefs-former-lord-mayor-resigns-and-lowering-city-speeds-defeated-for-now. live.
4. News: First Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Dublin takes office . Kelly . Olivia . The Irish Times . 2015-06-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720190850/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/first-sinn-fein-lord-mayor-of-dublin-takes-office-1.2267189 . 2024-07-20 . 2024-07-20.
5. Web site: Críona Ní Dhálaigh. ElectionsIreland.org. 29 November 2015. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022724/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=8611. live.