Belfast’s first Green Deputy Lord Mayor has appealed to the council to stop the city’s built heritage being “lost to unscrupulous developers and mysterious arsonists.”
At Monday’s AGM meeting of Belfast City Council, Green Councillor Áine Groogan became the new Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast, taking over from outgoing Deputy, Councillor Michelle Kelly, who left the council at the end of the last mandate. Representing the Botanic electoral area, Councillor Groogan is the first Green councillor to receive either the Deputy Mayor or Mayor role in any council in NI’s history.
Sinn Féin Councillor Ryan Murphy was installed as the Lord Mayor of Belfast, taking over the chain of office from Councillor Tina Black, also a Sinn Féin Councillor. Councillor Groogan was only informed of the opportunity hours before the installation ceremony at City Hall.
