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Emma Blain
Irish politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Emma Blain is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former journalist who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from December 2024 to June 2025.[1][2] She has been a member of Dublin City Council for the Pembroke local electoral area since 2024. She succeeded James Geoghegan as Lord Mayor of Dublin after his election to Dáil Eireann.
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Journalism
Blain was the editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette from 2020 to 2024,[3] and was previously employed by both the Sunday Independent and The Herald newspapers.[4] During the Celtic Tiger she was in her own words "a form of influencer" as an O3 Girl at the Sunday Independent.[3] An "O3 girl" was a young female journalist featured in the Sunday Independent during the early 2000s, who contributed short opinion columns accompanied by posed, often provocative photographs. The initiative was framed as a blend of light commentary and glamour, but was criticised by some as objectifying women in journalism.[3][4]
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Politics
Blain was previously a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Glencullen-Sandyford area from 2016 to 2024. She was co-opted onto Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council when Neale Richmond was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2016.[5] She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Industrial and Commercial Panel at the 2020 Seanad election.
Blain ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Dublin Bay South constituency at the 2024 general election.[6][7]
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