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Councillor Eugene McConnell from Mid Ulster District Council was elected as the new Chairperson of the Irish Central Border Area Network for 2024/25.
At the recent AGM of the Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN) held in Mid Ulster District Council Chamber in Dungannon, Councillor Eugene McConnell from Mid Ulster District Council was elected as the new Chairperson for 2024/25, and Cavan County Councillor Sarah O’Reilly was elected as Vice-Chair.
ICBAN was established as a network of councillors from the Ireland/Northern Ireland border area in 1995 with the aim of responding to the unique economic and social needs of the Central Border Region.
The eight member Councils in the network are Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon, Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh and Omagh, Leitrim, Mid Ulster, Monaghan, and Sligo.
The new Chairperson, Councillor McConnell, has been an elected representative since 2023, and a member of the ICBAN Management Board since then also.
In his acceptance statement, he thanked his proposers and said that it was a privilege to have been elected to the role of leading ICBAN into 2025.
Remarking on his focus for the next year Councillor McConnell said: “ICBAN has been an advocate for the border communities of the Central Border Region since 1995 and will be celebrating 30 years of cross-border cooperation next year. ICBAN is still delivering for our communities and there are a number of new projects in the pipeline being readied for delivery and which will have a positive impact on our Region in the coming years.”
Councillor McConnell also thanked the outgoing Chair Councillor Séamus Coyle for his commitment to cross-border cooperation.
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