Chris O'Leary is an Irish

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politician. He was formerly a

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lor and

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. With a background in community development projects, in 2002 he was co-opted into the council to replace his Green Party colleague Dan Boyle who had been elected a TD. O'Leary left the

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in 2009, and was an independent councillor prior to joining Sinn Féin in 2010. He became Lord Mayor of Cork in June 2015, in the second year of a D'Hondt method rotation agreed for the office in 2014. He was Lord Mayor of Cork from June 2015 to June 2016, when he was replaced by

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politician Des Cahill. In the

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, O'Leary was not reelected, one of two Sinn Féin councillors to lose seats on Cork City Council. His brother Don O'Leary was also a Sinn Féin Councillor for Cork City. O'Leary is a patron of the People's Movement.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:OLeary, Chris Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of Cork City Council Sinn Féin local councillors in the Republic of Ireland Lord mayors of Cork Independent local councillors in the Republic of Ireland Green Party (Ireland) local councillors