Pat Karney
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Pat Karney | |
|---|---|
| Councillor for Harpurhey | |
| Assumed office 1979 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 (age 77–78) Dublin, Ireland |
| Party | British Labour |
Pat Karney (born 1948) is a British Labour Party politician, councillor for Harpurhey in the City of Manchester. He is the Lead Member for the City Centre and was responsible for setting up the Manchester Day festival.[1] He has been said to be the most visible face of the city council. [2] He is a very visible supporter of Manchester's Christmas markets. [3] He was a close ally of Richard Leese and secretary of the council's Labour Group.[4]
Biography
[edit]Karney was born in Dublin and raised in Harpurhey and has been a Labour councillor in the city since 1979. He is an Associate Executive Member with responsibility for the city centre.[5] He was a Social Services manager for Salford City Council and was Chairman of the City Centre Committee when the IRA bomb devastated the centre.[6]
In 2012 the city centre was said to be "surviving the recession very well"[7] but in 2014 it was said that under his leadership "as the Supremo of Central Manchester, the place has been declining for some time".[8] He has been involved in debate about the Piccadilly Gardens wall for some years. The wall was finally demolished in 2020, shortly after it had been decorated with the slogan "The North is not a Petri dish", and Karney arranged to preserve a section and invited the artist to decorate it again. He said "It was a big political moment for Manchester and the message symbolises that."[9]
In March 2020 he was accused of bullying John Leech, leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition on the City Council, but was cleared.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "When Cllr Pat Karney Dined With Margaret Thatcher". Confidentials. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- ↑ "Who does Pat Karney think he is? Profile of the Manchester 'spokesman' who has served the city for 33 years". Manchester Evening News. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- ↑ "'Nowhere does Christmas quite like Manchester'". BBC. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- ↑ "'I've spent a year fighting off bullying and harassment from the Labour Group'". Manchester Mill. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- ↑ "COUNCILLOR PAT KARNEY". Manchester Evening News. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ↑ "Pat Karney, high-profile City Councillor". Aidan O'Rourke. 10 July 1998. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ↑ "A TALE OF TWO CITIES". Jim Hancock. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ↑ "Petition to add greenery to 'hated' Piccadilly Gardens wall instead of shopping strip". Mancunian Matters. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ↑ "The person behind 'the north is not a petri dish' message on Piccadilly Gardens wall has done it again". Manchester Evening News. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ↑ "Manchester councillor Pat Karney cleared of 'bullying' Lib Dem leader – but has been sanctioned for using a laminator". Manchester Evening News. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.