Nial Ring

Nial Ring is a Dublin city councilor, who has served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from June 2018 to June 2019. An independent politician who was formerly a member of Fianna Fáil, he was first elected councillor for the Dublin North Inner City ward (where he is from) in 2009, and was re-elected in 2014 and 2019.[1]


Nial Ring
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
June 2018  June 2019
Preceded byMícheál Mac Donncha
Succeeded byPaul McAuliffe
Dublin City Councillor
Assumed office
May 2009
ConstituencyDublin North Inner City
Personal details
BornDublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Joyce Ring
Children4 sons
EducationAccountancy
Alma materDublin City University, University College Dublin

Ring is a businessman, who worked as a banker. He trained as an accountant, and holds a finance and accounting degree from Dublin City University and a diploma in financial law from University College Dublin.

In June 2018, he was elected as the Lord Mayor of Dublin.[2]

He was appointed to the board of the IDA in 1998 and served on it for 10 years.

Ring is a grandnephew of Liam Ó Rinn, who wrote the Irish-language version of "The Soldiers' Song", Ireland's national anthem.[3]

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Civic offices
Preceded by
Mícheál Mac Donncha
Lord Mayor of Dublin
2018–2019
Succeeded by
Paul McAuliffe
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