Niamh in charge as Mayor for a Day

11-year-old Niamh, who attends Ballymacrickett Primary School, was chosen for the top role after being selected from hundreds of local Primary School pupils in the annual competition.

Glenavy girl Niamh called into the Star office as part of her official Mayoral duties and said she was very much enjoying her day.

Niamh said: “We had to write an essay on what we would do if we were Mayor for a day and I was chosen. I attended the Prevention of Crime for Retailers event and will present staff awards.”

Niamh said her parents, Bernard and Kate, were very proud of her and that her little sister Aoibhinn, 9, had wanted to go along with her on her day as Mayor.

Niamh visited the Mayor’s office and was also taken around in the Mayor’s car during the day.

Wearing the chain of office as the City’s new Mayor, Niamh said that she could get used to wearing it.

“It’s very exciting,” she said. “The chain is not too heavy, it was when I first put it on but you get used to it - I don’t want to give it back!”

As part of her duties Niamh presented Lisburn City Council staff members from across the Council departments with a commemorative vase as the council honoured those personnel who have served the Council diligently for 25 years.