Nial Ring
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Nial Ring | |
|---|---|
 Ring in 2019 | |
| Dublin City Councillor | |
| Assumed office May 2009 | |
| Constituency | Dublin North Inner City |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office June 2018 – June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mícheál Mac Donncha |
| Succeeded by | Paul McAuliffe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ballybough, Dublin, Ireland |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Fianna Fáil (until 2009) |
| Spouse | Joyce Ring |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | O'Connell School |
| Alma mater | Dublin City University, University College Dublin |
Nial Ring is an Irish politician and Dublin city councillor, who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from June 2018 to June 2019. An independent politician who was formerly a member of Fianna Fáil, he was first elected councillor for the Dublin North Inner City local electoral area (where he is from) in 2009, and was re-elected in 2014, 2019 and 2024.[1] He serves on the Central Area Committee, Central Area JPC, the Finance SPC, the Economic and Development SPC, the Audit Committee and the Fóchoiste Gaeilge in Dublin City Council.[2]
Born in Ballybough,[3] Ring attended O'Connell School and holds an honours degree in Accounting and Finance from DCU and a diploma in financial law from University College Dublin.[4]
He began his banking career with Allied Irish Banks in 1977, working in Dublin, London and in New York. From 1984 he was associate director of AIB International Financial Services. He set up Barrick Capital Corporation in 1992, an IFSC-based subsidiary of international mining firm Barrick Gold. He was general manager there until 1995. In the late 1990s he was head of finance at Bankgesellschaft Berlin (Ireland).[4] He left Bankgesellschaft in 2001. He was appointed to the board of the IDA in 1998 and served on it for 11 years.[5]