Alison Gilliland

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Alison Gilliland
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Gilliland in 2019
Dublin City Councillor
In office
24 May 2014 –7 June 2024

Alison Gilliland (born 1968) is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2021 to 2022. [1]

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In June 2021, she was elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin, succeeding Hazel Chu. Gilliland was elected unopposed, and supported by the Labour Party, Fianna Fáil, Green Party, and the Social Democrats. [2]

She was elected to Dublin City Council (DCC) for the Artane-Whitehall local electoral area in 2014. She chaired the DCC Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) on Housing and a member of the Finance SPC, and sat as an alternate member to the European Committee of the Regions and on the Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX). [3]

Gilliland did not contest the 2024 Dublin City Council election.

Early life and education

Gilliland was born in Drogheda, County Louth, [4] and grew up in Ballybay, County Monaghan. [5] She graduated with a Bachelor of Education from Church of Ireland College of Education awarded by Trinity College Dublin, a Master of Education from Dublin City University, and a Doctor of Education from the University of Nottingham. [4]

Gilliland is a former primary school teacher and a full-time official with the INTO. [2] She led the INTO Learning Section and was their Equality Officer, supporting the union’s Equality Committee and working on issues pertaining to LGBT+ inclusion, racial, ethnic and cultural diversity and member reproductive health related matters. She represented INTO on the Irish Congress of Trade Union’s Women’s Committee and on the European Trade Union Committee for Education’s Standing Committee for Equality, and was a member of the Advisory Group leading the ETUCE's Embracing Diversity in Education project. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ O'Connor, Niall (27 June 2022). "Green Party councillor elected as new Dublin Lord Mayor". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Alison Gilliland is elected new Lord Mayor of Dublin". The Irish Times . 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Councillor Alison Gilliland Elected as the New Lord Mayor of Dublin". Dublin City Council. 29 June 2021. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Alison Gilliland - Biography". The Labour Party. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Alison Gilliland profile: The self proclaimed 'rural dissident' who is Dublin's new Lord Mayor". Irish Independent. 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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