Mary Shields is a local politician who was a Fianna Fáil councillor on Cork City Council representing the Cork South West Local Electoral Area.
[1] She was first elected at the 1999 Irish local elections and retained her seat at each subsequent election through to 2014.
[1] From the Bishopstown area of Cork she is a stay-at-home-mother.
[2] She served as Lord Mayor of Cork from 2014 to 2015, succeeding Catherine Clancy.
[3] This was the first time in Cork's history that two women had succeeded each other to the office of Lord Mayor.