Niall Ó Donnghaile
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Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile |
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Niall Ó Donnghaile in 2016.
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| Senator | |
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Assumed office 27 April 2016 |
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| Constituency | Administrative Panel |
| 56th Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
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In office 2011–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Convery |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Robinson |
| Councillor on Belfast City Council | |
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In office 2011–2016 |
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| Constituency | Pottinger, Belfast East |
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28 May 1985 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Education | Colaiste Feirste |
| Alma mater | University of Ulster |
Niall Ó Donnghaile [ˈnʲiəl̪ˠ oː ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠɣalʲə] (born 28 May 1985) is a Sinn Féin politician and member of the Senate of Ireland, Seanad Éireann. He was the 56th Lord Mayor of Belfast and was elected to Seanad Éireann's Administrative Panel in 2016.
He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Ó Donnghaile is a Sinn Féin councillor for the Pottinger ward in Belfast East. He was educated through Irish, which he speaks fluently, and is a politics graduate. A full-time Sinn Féin councillor, Ó Donnghaile was previously employed as the party's Press Officer in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
A community worker in the Short Strand, the area of East Belfast in which he was born, and is a member of the Short Strand Partnership Board, he also works with various other organisations in Belfast on issues such as the developments at Titanic Quarter and Sirocco Quays, and has spoken strongly in support of residents on the issue of the proposed runway extension at Belfast City Airport.
Ó Donnghaile became Lord Mayor of Belfast in June 2011. Aged 25 at the time, he was the city's youngest ever Lord Mayor.
Ó Donnghaile said he wanted to represent all the people of Belfast. Ruth Patterson, of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), became Deputy Lord Mayor. Controversially, she refused to talk to him or shake his hand. Her party backed her in this decision.
After taking office, he removed portraits of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Prince Charles from the Mayor's parlour, replacing them with a portrait of the United Irishmen and a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. He kept portraits of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on display. He said he did this to make the parlour "more reflective of Belfast". However, Unionist councillors demanded that the two royal portraits be put back.
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