"The right choice" - New Mayor of Kilkenny City elected
A new Mayor of Kilkenny City was elected at today’s monthly meeting of the municipal district
Local Fianna Fáil councillor Andrew McGuinness has been elected Mayor of Kilkenny City for the fourth time.
Proposed by party colleague Cllr Joe Malone and seconded by Cllr David FitzGerald, the local councillor follows in the footsteps of his father and late grandfather as first citizen of the city.
Meanwhile, outgoing mayor Cllr John Coonan has been elected Deputy Mayor, taking over the position from Cllr Maria Dollard.
In proposing the motion, Cllr Malone said he had “no doubt” Cllr McGuinness was “the right choice” for the position.
Cllr David FitzGerald expressed a similar sentiment, stating, “the mayoralty to Kilkenny, despite hundreds of years of change to this city, remains very much part of what happens to the city and it is within the heart and soul of the people of the city.
“Whatever changes any government will ever make, as I said to my former colleague Martin Brett, whatever it is about that chain, once you put it around your neck it’s like a magic chain. You suddenly become not just an elected member of this wonderful council and a representative of the people of Kilkenny, you take on that ancient mantle by being mayor,” he continued.
“There is nobody more fitting than Andrew McGuinness to do that,” Mr FitzGerald added.
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