Caroline Conroy

Caroline Conroy is an Irish Green Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from June 2022 to June 2023.[1]

Caroline Conroy
Conroy in July 2022
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
27 June 2022 – 26 June 2023
Preceded byAlison Gilliland
Succeeded byDaithí de Róiste
Dublin City Councillor
Assumed office
May 2019
ConstituencyBallymun-Finglas
Personal details
NationalityIrish
Political partyGreen Party
Alma materDublin City University

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."[2]

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.[3]

References
  1. "Green Party councillor elected as new Dublin Lord Mayor". The Irish Times. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. "Ballymun refugee protests slammed as 'frustrating' and 'embarrassing' by Lord Mayor". Dublin Live. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. "Greta Thunberg to be given honorary freedom of Dublin city". The Irish Times. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.


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