Mary Shields is a local politician who was a

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christian- ...

councillor on Cork City Council representing the Cork South West Local Electoral Area. She was first elected at the

1999 Irish local elections The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections. Results 18 Workers' Party councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creati ...

and retained her seat at each subsequent election through to 2014. From the

Bishopstown Bishopstown () is located in the civil parish of St. Finbar's, Barony of Cork, County Cork, Ireland. It is a southwestern suburb of Cork and is made-up of the townlands of Ballineaspigbeg and Ballineaspigmore (sometimes spelled Ballinaspigmore) ...

area of Cork she is a stay-at-home-mother. She served as Lord Mayor of Cork from 2014 to 2015, succeeding Catherine Clancy. This was the first time in Cork's history that two women had succeeded each other to the office of Lord Mayor.

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