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Humbled Pat Hayes takes Mayoral chain

| 1st Jul 2011 | News, Secondary Stories

The new Mayor of Waterford, Councillor Pat Hayes, was elected as the city’s First Citizen on Monday night. Mayor Hayes previously held the office in 1999/2000. Left to right, Manuella Fischer, Munich, fiancée of the Mayor’s son, Mark Hayes, who both flew in from Germany for the occasion; Mayor Pat Hayes; Mark Hayes, the new Lady Mayor, Mrs Bridie Hayes (nee Jacob); and Emer Hayes, daughter of the Mayor. The Mayor and Lady Mayor’s two other sons, Michael and his wife, Raeleen (Munich), and Páraic (Chicago) were unable to be present due to business commitments but they both spoke to their father by telephone and offered him their congratulations. See Page 14 for details of Councillor Liam Brazil’s election as Waterford County Mayor. | Photo: John Power

Left to right, Manuella Fischer, Munich, fiancée of Mark Hayes, Mayor Pat Hayes; Mark Hayes, the new Lady Mayor, Mrs Bridie Hayes (nee Jacob) and Emer Hayes, daughter of the Mayor. | Photo: John Power


Labour’s Pat Hayes was elected as Mayor of Waterford for the second time on Monday evening at City Hall, with Fine Gael’s Hilary Quinlan elected to serve as Deputy Mayor.
Proposed for the position by party colleague Councillor Jack Walsh and seconded by Cllr Tom Cunningham (FG), Mayor Hayes spoke of his ambition to lead the office as “a team player”.