Sinn Fein Cllr Gary Doherty is to be the new Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council when the Annual General Meeting takes place at the end of the month. Cllr. Doherty will be taking over from Fianna Fail Cllr Paul Canning who is coming to the end of what has been a very busy year as the County’s first citizen. The Leas-Cathaoirleach will be Cllr. Terry Crossan. It will be Cllr. Doherty’s first time to be Cathaoirleach. He lives in Castlefinn with his wife Louise and three children, Darragh, Aoife and Conor. He holds a BA Honours in Irish History and Politics from the University of Ulster. Cllr Doherty is a lifelong community and political activist and has served on Donegal County Council since November 2013. He has served as Cathaoirleach of the Lifford-Stranorlar Municipal District, Finn Valley College and Robert Emmets and Vice-Chair of ICBAN and Donegal ETB.
