Níall McNelis

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

Cllr

Níall McNelis
Galway City Councillor
Mayor of Galway
Assumed office
5 June 2009
ConstituencyGalway City West
In office
15 June 2018 – 7 June 2019
Preceded byPearce Flannery
Succeeded byMike Cubbard
Personal details
Political partyLabour Party
Spouse(s)Aideen Connell[1]
Children2
Websitewww.labour.ie/niallmcnelis/

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, when Mike Cubbard became mayor.

McNelis stood for election in the 2020 Irish general election in the Galway West constituency, but was not elected, polling 2.6% first preferences and 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]

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