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Election of Cathaoirleach and Leas Cathaoirleach , September 2011- 2012

Mr. Stephen Blair, Director, S&E Regional Assembly; Cllr. Tomas Breathnach, Cathaoirleach, Cllr. John Ryan, Wicklow Co. Co.

The Annual General Meeting of the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly took place on Friday 9th September at 12.00 noon in Assembly House, O’Connell Street, Waterford.
At this meeting the Cathaoirleach and Leas-Cathaoirleach for the forthcoming year were elected.  Cllr. Tomás Breathnach was elected as Cathaoirleach and Cllr. Damien Geoghegan was elected as Leas-Cathaoirleach.  Their terms of office will run to September 2012.


Cllr. Tomás Breathnach, Cathaoirleach,  is a member of the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly since September 2004.  As a member of the Labour Party, Cllr. Breathnach represents Kilkenny County Council on the Regional Assembly. Cllr. Breathnach also sits on the South East Regional Authority and the South East Regional Task Force.  He is also a retired secondary school teacher.  He is a founding member of both the Confederation of Community Groups of South Kilkenny and of the Ferrybank Socio-Economic Partnership.  Cllr. Breathnach looks forward to serving the region to the best of his ability, continuing in the footsteps of past Cathaoirligh. 

Cllr. Damien Geoghegan, Leas Cathaoirleach, is a member of the Southern & Eastern Regional Assembly since 2004.  As a member of the Fine Gael Party, Cllr. Geoghegan represents Waterford County Council on the Regional Assembly. Cllr Geoghegan also sits on the South East Regional Authority, Co. Waterford V.E.C., Waterford County Enterprise Board and County Waterford Strategy Group.

 

Election Cathaoirleach & Leas Cathaoirleach of the S&E Regional Assembly 2011 - 2012