Councillor Alison Gilliland was elected the 353rd Lord Mayor of Dublin.Alison Gilliland is only the 10th woman to hold the office of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and succeeds Councillor Hazel Chu.
Councillor Gilliland was elected following a voting pact between the Dublin Agreement parties of Fianna Fáil, the Green Party, Labour and the Social Democrats.There was no nomination for anyone to run against her and it was also supported by Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Independents.
Originally from Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, Cllr Gilliland has called Dublin her home since 1995. A member of the Labour Party, she was first elected to Dublin City Council (DCC) in 2014 representing the Beaumont/Donaghmede local electoral area and, following a boundary change, was re-elected in 2019 representing the Artane/Whitehall local electoral area.Cllr Gilliland believes in lifelong learning. She holds a doctorate in Education and Research from the University of Nottingham awarded for her research into young teacher union activists’ views and experiences of involvement, voice, and agency in their union and its influence on their concept of professionalism.
In her acceptance speech, the new Lord Mayor said it would be no surprise that there will be a focus on housing during her 12-month term.Councillor Joe Costello was elected the Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin