Emma Blain

Emma Blain
Blain in 2024
Lord Mayor of Dublin
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 December 2024
Preceded byJames Geoghegan
Dublin City Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2024
ConstituencyPembroke, Dublin
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Councillor
In office
April 2016 – June 2024
ConstituencyGlencullen-Sandyford
Personal details
Political partyFine Gael
Alma materUniversity College Dublin

Emma Blain is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Lord Mayor of Dublin since December 2024.[1] She has been a member of Dublin City Council for the Pembroke local electoral area since 2024.

She was previously a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Glencullen-Sandyford area from 2016 to 2024. She was co-opted onto Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council when Neale Richmond was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016.[2] She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Industrial and Commercial Panel at the 2020 Seanad election.

Blain ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Dublin Bay South constituency at the 2024 general election.[3][4]

Blain has been the editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette since September 2020.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Emma Blain elected new Lord Mayor of Dublin". RTÉ News. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Fine Gael's Emma Blain elected Lord Mayor of Dublin". The Irish Times. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. ^ McTaggart, Maeve; Ryan, Philip (13 October 2024). "Emma Blain to contest election for Fine Gael in Dublin Bay South as ex-TD Kate O'Connell to run as Independent". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  4. ^ "General Election Results". RTÉ News. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  5. ^ https://gazette.ireland.anglican.org/about/
Civic offices
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Dublin
Dec. 2024–present 		Incumbent