- Mayor of Armagh City and District, Councillor Freda Donnelly
Firstly I would like to thank my Party colleagues for nominating me for the position of Mayor. It is a great honour and privilege for me to be able to represent the people of Armagh City and District in this way and I will endeavour to promote Armagh City and District and its citizens with the Lord’s help, to the best of my ability.
Harold Wilson once said that a week was a long time in politics, and sometimes it is, so 34 years must be a lifetime in politics, I would like to pay tribute to former Councillor Pat Brannigan. When I was first elected in 2001 Pat was very welcoming and helpful to me and I really appreciated it.
I would also like to pay tribute to Noel Donnelly and Philip Murdock who unfortunately were not re-elected but would ask that the Council send a letter to these former Councillors, thanking them for their hard work and dedication to the electorate over the years. I would also like to welcome new Councillor Terry McWilliams. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the other newly elected Councillors and wish them well for the future.
There are many exciting new ventures in the future for Armagh City and District including the Gaol Project which will benefit greatly the tourism sector, as well as the construction business and will complete the Mall area. I also look forward to the commencement of the link roads around the City, thus relieving traffic congestion in the City Centre, in the near future.
In the coming year I look forward to Armagh City becoming a more vibrant and prosperous area for all its citizens, and a City and District that we can all be proud of. Just to leave you with something to think on – we achieve more working together than apart’.
Councillor Freda Donnelly
