Gerry Breen Explained

Office:Dublin City Councillor
Term Start:June 1999
Constituency:Clontarf
Term End:May 2014
Office2:Lord Mayor of Dublin
Term Start2:June 2010
Term End2:June 2011
Predecessor2:Emer Costello
Successor2:Andrew Montague
Birth Date:20 October 1957
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Party:Fine Gael
Alma Mater:University College Dublin

Gerry Breen (born 20 October 1957) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin.[1]

Born in Clontarf in Dublin, educated at Coláiste Mhuire and University College Dublin (B Comm), Breen first entered politics in 1981 when he joined Fine Gael. At the 1999 local elections, he was elected to Dublin City Council representing the five seat Clontarf local electoral area. He served as Fine Gael group leader on the council from 2004 until 2010.

Elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin in June 2010,[2] he campaigned to have a greater distribution of drug maintenance treatment out of Dublin city centre and into the suburbs and also called for anti-begging laws to be introduced.[3]

He ran at the 2011 general election for the Dublin North-West constituency, despite not being a resident in the constituency obtained 2,988 votes (9.1%). He was not elected, being beaten for the last seat by Labour Party candidate John Lyons by 2,000 votes.

He was a member of the European Committee of the Regions, and a rapporteur on the European Globalisation Fund for the period 2010 to 2014.

He lost his council seat at the 2014 local elections.

Notes and References

  1. News: FG councillor is Dublin's Lord Mayor . . 29 June 2010 . 23 May 2011 . 23 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023232448/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0629/1224273556952.html . live .
  2. Web site: Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 . Dublin City Council. June 2020. 18 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Mayor in spat with minister over drug comments . Dublin People . 30 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101009212918/http://www.dublinpeople.com/content/view/3769/57/ . 9 October 2010 .