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01/10/2004
McAleese secures second term as President
Irish President Mary McAleese is to serve a second seven-year term it was announced today.
The Belfast-born former Queen’s lecturer said she was delighted by the news after rival Dana Rosemary Scallon failed to get the support of either four councils or the signatures of 20 TDs and senators.
The 53-year-old announced her decision to run for a further seven-year term in September.
At the time she said: "These past seven years have been personally deeply fulfilling and, after consultation with my family, I have decided to seek election for a second term.
"It is my desire and ambition to serve my country and serve it well for a further term as president."
Elected in 1997 as the eighth president of Ireland, the Ardoyne woman has an approval rating of more than 80%.
(MB/GMCG)
The Belfast-born former Queen’s lecturer said she was delighted by the news after rival Dana Rosemary Scallon failed to get the support of either four councils or the signatures of 20 TDs and senators.
The 53-year-old announced her decision to run for a further seven-year term in September.
At the time she said: "These past seven years have been personally deeply fulfilling and, after consultation with my family, I have decided to seek election for a second term.
"It is my desire and ambition to serve my country and serve it well for a further term as president."
Elected in 1997 as the eighth president of Ireland, the Ardoyne woman has an approval rating of more than 80%.
(MB/GMCG)
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