Derry City and Strabane District Council have sworn in a new Mayor - this year from Sinn Fein.
Ballyarnett councillor Sandra Duffy became the district's new mayor at the council’s annual general meeting on Monday, while the SDLP's Angela Dobbins has been sworn in as Deputy Mayor for the next 12 months.
Cllr Duffy was first elected to the Council in 2014 and has sat in the council chamber for the past eight years.
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The Sinn Fein councillor is best known for her role within the city's community centres and groups, including being on the advisory group for Carnhill Community Centre, Leafair Wellbeing Centre and Shantallow Community Centre.
Speaking from the Guildhall, Councillor Sandra Duffy said: “It’s an honour and privilege to be elected as Mayor of Derry and Strabane. From day one, I will be a Mayor for all and I will work with others to deliver real change for ordinary workers and families across Derry and Strabane.
“To tackle the cost-of-living crisis and invest in our communities [and] to support workers and families who are struggling to heat their homes and put food on the table.
"The local Council must do everything possible to support people. Derry and Strabane have huge potential to grow and thrive.
“I will work to continue the transformation of the city, to grow the local economy and boost tourism by supporting our local businesses to create jobs so that the next generation has a future here.
“Only by working together and promoting the opportunities that exist in our city, will we deliver for people. I’m ready to get to work.”
Meanwhile, outgoing mayor Graham Warke told MyDerry last week that his tenure as the First Citizen "made me love this place even more."
He said: "I found early on what I could do is make a happy memory for a young person, we can get the mayoral chain around their neck and make their day and give them something they won't forget about.
"What I'm hoping is that out of the hundreds of young people who have had this chain on, one of them might be a mayor someday and they'll do the same as me."
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