A Co Derry woman has become the first nationalist Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council.
SDLP Cllr Maua Hickey, from Portstewart, was formally chosen at the last night’s annual general meeting of the “Super Council” which covers the Limavady, Dungiven and Coleraine areas as well as Ballymena and Ballymoney...
Cllr Hickey said she hoped she could act as an “instrument of healing and reconciliation” between communities in the area.
She added: “I want to sincerely thank my party for nominating me as the first Nationalist Mayor of Causeway, Coast and Glens Council.
“Their faith has been immensely humbling and I hope to repay it in the year ahead by representing the people of our communities, in all their diversity, as we seek to build reconciliation and prosperity for everyone.”
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