‘Emotional day’ as council elects new mayor

WATERFORD County Council has a new mayor. Cllr Mary Greene is the fourth representative from the Suir Electoral Area to wear the civic chain and lead the local authority.

A UCD Commerce graduate, Cllr Greene works as a Home School Community Liaison Teacher at Scoil Mhuire, Greenhill, Carrick-on-Suir. She’s promised to make jobs, the environment and management of the local authority key issues during her term.

She was first elected in 1999 and is a former Chairman of Co Waterford Vocational Education Committee. She is currently the Chairman of the Board of Management of St Declan’s Community College, Kilmacthomas. She has chaired the Co Waterford Rural Transport Committee since its inception.