Il venticinquenne attivista dello Sinn Fein è un nuovo membro del Belfast City Council, essendo divenuto consigliere a East Belfast nelle recenti elezioni.
Prima della sua elezione nel consiglio comunale, Ó Donnghaile era già un attivista a tempo pieno. Entrato nel partito a 16 anni, era addetto stampa dello Sinn Fein all’Assemblea di Stormont.
Il neo sindaco è laureato in Scienze Politiche, parla correntemente gaelico e si adopera attivamente per la campagna sui diritti linguistici e sull’uguaglianza.
Nato e cresciuto nella zona di Short Strand, è ben conosciuto per il proprio lavoro comunitario. E’ membro dello Short Strand Partnership Board, che lavora per una rigenerazione economica e sociale a East Belfast.
Tifoso entusiasta del GAA, è sostenitore della squadra della Contea di Down di football gaelico.
Ó Donnghaile succede a Pat Convery, SDLP, che riconsegnato la “catena” nella City Hall.
Il consigliere dello Sinn Fein diventa il terzo sindaco del partito di Falls Road, dopo Alex Maskey (2002) e Tom Hartley (2008).
Ruth Patterson, DUP, è stata nominata vice sindaco di Belfast.
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Sinn Féin councillor becomes youngest ever Lord Mayor
The 25-year-old Sinn Féin activist is a new member of Belfast City Council, having been elected as councillor for the Pottinger ward of east Belfast in the recent elections.
Before his election to council, Councillor Ó Donnghaile was already a full time party activist, joining the party at the age of 16, and was Sinn Féin’s press officer in the Stormont Assembly.
Educated through the Irish Medium sector, Councillor Ó Donnghaile is a politics graduate and fluent Irish speaker who actively campaigns on language rights and equality.
He was born and bred in the Short Strand area of the city where he is well known for his community work. He is a member of the Short Strand Partnership Board which lobbies for economic and social regeneration in east Belfast.
A GAA enthusiast, Councillor Ó Donnghaile is an avid support of the County Down football team.
Councillor Ó Donnghaile succeeds the SDLP’s Pat Convery who handed over the chain of office at tonight’s AGM in City Hall.
He becomes the city’s third Sinn Féin Lord Mayor, following in the footsteps of Alex Maskey in 2002 and Tom Hartley in 2008.
Councillor Ruth Patterson from the DUP was elected Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast.
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