Caroline Conroy | |
|---|---|
 Conroy in 2022 | |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office 27 June 2022 –26 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Alison Gilliland |
| Succeeded by | Daithíde Róiste |
| Dublin City Councillor | |
| In office May 2019 –June 2024 | |
| Constituency | Ballymun-Finglas |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Alma mater | Dublin City University |
Caroline Conroy is an Irish Green Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from June 2022 to June 2023. [1] [2]
Conroy grew up in the Ballymun Flats,and ran for local election in the area in 2014. She was first elected in the 2019 local elections,for the Ballymun-Finglas local electoral area in Dublin City Council. In June 2022,she was elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin,succeeding Alison Gilliland.
In her term she was highly critical of anti-immigrant protests in Ballymun and across Dublin,which she said were organised by the far-right,branding the protests "really embarrassing" and "not what we are about in Ballymun." [3]
She awarded Greta Thunberg and Duncan Stewart the Freedom of the City of Dublin at the end of her term,the first time the award acknowledged the role of environmental activists. [4]
She lost her seat at the 2024 local elections.