Niall Ó Donnghaile

Who is Niall Ó Donnghaile?

Niall Ó Donnghaile was the 56th Lord Mayor of Belfast. He born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Ó Donnghaile is a Sinn Féin councillor for the Pottinger ward in Belfast East. Ó Donnghaile was educated through the Irish Medium Sector and is a politics graduate and fluent speaker of Irish. A full-time Sinn Féin councillor, Ó Donnghaile was previously employed as the party's Press Officer in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Ó Donnghaile is also a community worker in the Short Strand, the area of East Belfast in which he was born, and is a member of the Short Strand Partnership Board.

Ó Donnghaile works with various other organisations across the constituency on issues such as the developments at Titanic Quarter and Sirocco Quays, and has spoken strongly in support of residents on the issue of the proposed runway extension at Belfast City Airport.