Mayor Cllr Ruairí McHugh
Forty-six-year-old Ruairí McHugh is the son of Sylvia and the late Cllr Charlie McHugh (Deceased Oct 2008). Charlie was the first Sinn Féin rep ever elected to the former Strabane District Council in1985. He has two older sisters, Sara and Seodhna.
Ruairí was co-opted to replace Charlie in November 2008 and has been subsequently elected in each local government election since. He has served as Chair of Strabane District Council in 2013 and.as Chair of both the Environment and Regeneration Committee and the Health and Community Committee during his time on Derry City and Strabane District Council.
He is a former pupil of St. Patrick’s P.S. Castlederg, C.B.S. Omagh, NWIFHE Derry, and Ulster University, Jordanstown, where he graduated with a BSc Politics.
As well as his Councillor role he is the Sinn Fein Constituency Office Manager based in Strabane and has worked as a political advisor to West Tyrone Sinn Fein in the past.
Ruairí is known as an easily accessible, hardworking Councillor, who is passionate about the development of his local area and ensuring the equitable distribution of projects and funding to the Derg Ward. He has been instrumental in delivering regeneration projects in his hometown of Castlederg, including the town centre regeneration, Derg Castle Park and walkways and the forthcoming upgrade of Mitchell Park playing fields.
Ruairí is a member of his local GAA club, Castlederg St. Eugene’s GFC, he is also keen Tyrone GAA fan and a season ticket holder at Celtic FC. In his spare time Ruairí enjoys salmon fly fishing on his local River Derg. ]
