Gerry Breen

Gerry Breen (born 20 October 1957) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin.

[1] Born in Clontarf in Dublin, educated at Coláiste Mhuire and University College Dublin (B Comm), Breen first entered politics in 1981 when he joined Fine Gael.

He served as Fine Gael group leader on the council from 2004 until 2010.

[citation needed] Elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin in June 2010,[2] he campaigned to have a greater distribution of drug maintenance treatment out of Dublin city centre and into the suburbs and also called for anti-begging laws to be introduced.

He was not elected, being beaten for the last seat by Labour Party candidate John Lyons by 2,000 votes.