Níall McNelis explained

Honorific-Prefix:Cllr
Níall McNelis
Office:Galway City Councillor
Term Start:5 June 2009
Constituency:Galway City West
Office2:Mayor of Galway
Term Start2:15 June 2018
Term End2:7 June 2019
Predecessor2:Pearce Flannery
Successor2:Mike Cubbard
Party:Labour Party
Spouse:Aideen Connell[1]
Children:2

Níall McNelis is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was Mayor of Galway from 2018 to 2019.

Political career

McNelis was first elected to Galway City Council in 2009 in the Galway City West ward, and kept his seat in the 2014 and 2019 elections. He served as the Deputy Mayor of Galway in 2016, and was the Mayor of the city from 2018 to 2019.

McNelis stood for election in the 2020 Irish general election in the Galway West constituency, but was not elected, polling 2.6% first preferencesand being eliminated on the fourth count.

Personal life

McNelis runs a jewellery business in Galway city and is married with two children.[2]

In September 2018, McNelis intervened to help a woman being assaulted by a man on Wolfe Tone Bridge.[3] McNelis was assaulted for his intervention, with the perpetrator later being charged.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cllr Niall McNelis . The Labour Party.
  2. Web site: Cllr Niall McNelis Biography . The Labour Party.
  3. News: Siggins . Lorna . Galway mayor 'shocked' as onlookers film his assault rather than help. The Irish Times . 10 September 2018.
  4. News: Healy . Ann . Man (26) charged with assaulting Galway mayor . The Irish Independent . 11 September 2018.