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Catherineour newLord MayorBy ALAN HEALY

LABOUR’S Catherine Clancy isset to become the next LordMayor of Cork.

She will be only the fourth woman tohold the position and the first femaleLabour member to become First Cit-

izen of Cork. Cllr Clancywill take over the rolefrom the current LordMayor, Cllr John But-timer, when the CityCouncil holds its AnnualGeneral Meeting onJune 21 next. From As-sumption Road in Black-pool, Cllr Clancy worksas a full-time public rep-resentative. A married,mother-of-three, she wasco-opted onto Cork CityCouncil in the NorthCentral ward in 2003

when she replaced Kathleen Lynch,now a Government junior minister. MsClancy retained her seat in two sub-sequent elections in 2004 and 2009.Labour Councillor Lorraine King-

ston is set to be elected deputy LordMayor, and it will be the first time inthe council’s history that women haveheld the role of both Lord Mayor and● Continued on page two.

City’s volunteerheroes salutedat awards nightBy DEIRDRE O’REILLY

THE city saluted its heroes last night at the10th Lord Mayor’s Community and VoluntaryAwards.Of the 700 unsung voluntary groups in Corkcity that were nominated for the annualawards, Cór Fhéile were the overall winners.Founded in 1947, and every year since, upto 3,500 children from 60 schools throughoutthe city and county perform on the CórFhéile stage of the City Hall over a two weekperiod. The Cór Fhéile is organised by asmall group of voluntary teachers who givetheir time freely to the event.Fiona Giles of Cór Fhéile said: “We can’tbelieve we’ve won. We really are humbled.”Six other community and voluntary awardswere presented at the event which issponsored by the andExpress Kitchens and Floors.A further six people received civic awardsfrom the Lord Mayor, Cllr John Buttimer, whosaid: “Tonight is a night of acknowledgment,a night of recognition, a night of celebration.”● See pages 12 and 13 for more.

Mary Coffey, with fellow members of Cór Fhéile na Scol, accepts the overall winner award from Lord Mayor, Cllr JohnButtimer, at the Lord Mayor’s Community and Voluntary Awards ceremony at City Hall last night. Also included are TimLucey, City Manager; Maurice Gubbins, Editor of the Evening Echo (sponsor) and Lesley Fitzgerald of ExpressKitchens and Floors (sponsor). Picture: David Keane

Cllr Clancy FirstCitizen and CllrKingston deputy

CllrClancy,far leftand CllrKingston.

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