Emma Blain
Emma Blain | |
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.jpg?lang=en) Blain in 2024 | |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| Assumed office 18 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | James Geoghegan |
| Dublin City Councillor | |
| Assumed office June 2024 | |
| Constituency | Pembroke, Dublin |
| Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Councillor | |
| In office April 2016 – June 2024 | |
| Constituency | Glencullen-Sandyford |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Emma Blain is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Lord Mayor of Dublin since December 2024.[1] She has been a member of Dublin City Council for the Pembroke local electoral area since 2024.
She was previously a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Glencullen-Sandyford area from 2016 to 2024. She was co-opted onto Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council when Neale Richmond was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016.[2] She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Industrial and Commercial Panel at the 2020 Seanad election.
Blain ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Dublin Bay South constituency at the 2024 general election.[3][4]
Blain has been the editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette since September 2020.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Emma Blain elected new Lord Mayor of Dublin". RTÉ News. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Fine Gael's Emma Blain elected Lord Mayor of Dublin". The Irish Times. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ McTaggart, Maeve; Ryan, Philip (13 October 2024). "Emma Blain to contest election for Fine Gael in Dublin Bay South as ex-TD Kate O'Connell to run as Independent". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "General Election Results". RTÉ News. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ https://gazette.ireland.anglican.org/about/