page_title: Lord Mayor of Dublin
section_title: Functions
hierarchical_section_title: Lord Mayor of Dublin / Functions
caption_attribution_description: English: Mansion House, Dublin. My image. No c/r
context_page_description: The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the honorary title of the chairman of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The incumbent is councillor Hazel Chu. The office holder is elected annually by the members of the Council.
context_section_description: The office is largely symbolic and its responsibilities consist of chairing meetings of the city council and representing the city at public events. Apart from a few reserved functions, which are exercised by the city council as a whole, executive power is exercised by the chief executive, a council official appointed by the Public Appointments Service (formerly by the Local Appointments Commission). Except on a handful of occasions where the city government has been suspended for not striking a rate (a level of local tax), Dublin has had a mayor for nearly eight hundred years.
  The Lord Mayor resides in the eighteenth century Mansion House on Dawson Street.
  A privilege enjoyed by the Lord Mayor is to receive the first car registration number in Dublin for each new year. Since 2018, each new Lord Mayor is presented with an official bicycle by the Dublin Cycling Campaign. Nial Ring was the first recipient.
caption: Mansion House, Dublin
  The official residence of the Lord Mayor.
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