UUP Alderman pays tribute

ULSTER Unionist Party Alderman Mary Hamilton has paid tribute to former SDLP mayor of the city Kathleen McCloskey who sadly passed recently.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd Feb 2011, 09:56 BST

Mrs Hamilton recalled her former local authority colleague with fondness and expressed her sadness at Mrs McCloskey’s passing.

“I was deputy mayor in the year that Kathleen was mayor and I have great memories of that time. We had a great year together. She was a ray on sunshine in the council chamber and always had a joke to tell.”

Mrs McCloskey who resided in the Glen Road area of the city passed away on January 24.

She had served as an SDLP representative on Derry City Council for 12 years and was mayor in 2002-2003. Former party leader and MP for Foyle, Mark Durkan said: “Her deep instinct for public service was matched by the ready personal rapport she had with those whom she served.”