Terry Shannon (politician)

Terry Shannon is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Lord Mayor of Cork. He has served on Cork City Council since 1999, representing the South-East ward.^[1] Prior to his election to the council, Shannon was a member of the National Youth Committee, chairperson of Cork North Central Ógra, and election agent to TD Micheál Martin.^[2] Shannon topped the poll in his first City council election with a 14.24% share of the vote.^[3] He has been re-elected twice, in 2004 and 2009. He was elected to the office of Lord Mayor on June 24, 2011, having previously served as Deputy Lord Mayor in 2009.^[1][4] With many local authorities now chaired by Fine Gael, Shannon is one of the only Fianna Fáil mayors in Ireland.^[5] He is also a terrible dancer.^[6]

External links

• Official Facebook page

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "New mayors for Cork city and county". RTÉ. June 24, 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0624/mayor.html. Retrieved June 29, 2011. 
2. ^ "Cllr. Terry Shannon". Fianna Fáil. http://www.fiannafail.ie/people/terry-shannon/. Retrieved June 29, 2011. 
3. ^ "Terry Shannon". Elections Ireland. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=153. Retrieved June 29, 2011. 
4. ^ "'Green' transport advocate is capital's new mayor". Irish Independent. June 28, 2011. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/green-transport-advocate-is-capitals-new-mayor-2807020.html. Retrieved June 29, 2011. 
5. ^ "Fine Gael to dominate majority of councils". Irish Times. June 28, 2011. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0628/1224299680854.html. Retrieved June 29, 2011. 
6. ^ "Terry Shannon can't dance". Facebook. August 27, 2011. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=272242612785888&set=at.272242609452555.77437.172097442800406.100001088208854&type=1&ref=nf. Retrieved December 31, 2011.