Dundalk Municipal District

On 7th February 2014, the Dundalk Municipal District was created under the S.I. No. 58/2014 - County of Louth Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014.[1]

Dundalk Municipal District

It has 13 elected members who meet once per calendar month, and who are also members of the Louth County Council, the district encompasses two Local Electoral Areas; "Dundalk —Carlingford", and "Dundalk — South", serving a population of 55,806.[2]

Seat summary

Party 2014
Sinn Féin 5
Fianna Fáil 3
Fine Gael 2
Green Party 2
Independent 1
Labour Party 0

Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.[3]

Council members from 2014 election
Local electoral area Name Party
Dundalk-Carlingford Edel Corrigan Sinn Féin
Jim Loughran† Sinn Féin
Peter Savage Fianna Fáil
John McGahon Fine Gael
Conor Keelan Fianna Fáil
Mark Dearey Green Party
Dundalk South Tomás Sharkey Sinn Féin
Declan Breathnach† Fianna Fáil
Maeve Anna Yore Independent
Kevin Meenan† Sinn Féin
Jennifer Green† Sinn Féin
Marianne Butler Green Party
Maria Doyle Fine Gael

†Replaced during term, see table below for details.

Co-options

Outgoing Party Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee Party
Declan Breathnach Fianna Fáil Dundalk South Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2016 general election February 2016 Emma Coffey Fianna Fáil
Jim Loughran Sinn Féin Dundalk-Carlingford Resignation of Councillor November 2016 Antoin Watters Sinn Féin
Kevin Meenan Sinn Féin Dundalk South Resignation of Councillor July 2017 Ruairi O Mhurcu Sinn Féin
Jennifer Green Sinn Féin Dundalk South Resignation of Councillor September 2017 Anne Campbell Sinn Féin

Cathaoirleach (Chairman) & Leas Chathaoirleach (Deputy Chairman) of Municipal District

Every year, each local authority elects a chair called the Cathaoirleach for a term of one year and a deputy chair called the Leas-Cathaoirleach from among its members. The members elected for each municipal district elect a Cathaoirleach and a Leas-Chathaoirleach for their grouping. The Cathaoirleach chairs the meetings of the local authority or municipal district.[4] Since June 2014 there has been five Cathaoirleach and five Leas-Cathaoirleach of the Dundalk Municipal District Council.

Year Cathaoirleach Party Leas Chathaoirleach Party Municipal District Elected Party Membership
June 2018 to June 2019 Conor Keelan Fianna Fáil Maria Doyle Fine Gael 5

SF

 3

FF

 2

FG

 2

GP

 1

Ind

 0

Lab

2017 - 2018 John McGahon Fine Gael Emma Coffey Fianna Fáil
2016 - 2017 Mark Dearey Green Party John McGahon Fine Gael
2015 - 2016 Maria Doyle Fine Gael Conor Keelan Fianna Fáil
2014 - 2015 Declan Breathnach Fianna Fáil Mark Dearey Green Party

Cathaoirleach & Leas Chathaoirleach party distribution

Breakdown of the times the Cathaoirleach (chair) was held by each political party in Louth since June 2014:

Party Cathaoirleach Leas Chathaoirleach
Fianna Fáil 2 2
Fine Gael 2 2
Green Party 1 1
Sinn Féin 0 0
Independent 0 0
Labour Party 0 0
The Municipal District of Dundalk consisting of the Local Electoral Areas (LEA) of Dundalk-Carlingford and Dundalk South.
Name Description of Local Electoral Area Members
Dundalk —Carlingford The electoral divisions of Ballymascanlan, Carlingford, Drummullagh, Dundalk No. 2 Urban, Faughart, Greenore, Jenkinstown, Rathcor, Ravensdale; those parts of the electoral divisions of Castletown and Dundalk Rural north of a line drawn along the R178 (Carrickmacross Road); and those parts of the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 1 Urban, Dundalk No. 2 Urban, Dundalk No. 3 Urban and Dundalk No. 4 Urban not contained in the local electoral area of Dundalk-South. 6
Dundalk — South The electoral divisions of Barronstown, Castlering, Creggan Upper, Haggardstown; those parts of the electoral divisions of Castletown and Dundalk Rural not contained in the local electoral area of Dundalk-Carlingford; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 1 Urban, Dundalk No. 2 Urban, Dundalk No. 3 Urban and Dundalk No. 4 Urban south of a line drawn as follows: Commencing at the boundary between the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 1 Urban and Dundalk No. 3 Urban at the Carrickmacross Road Bridge and St. Dominick’s Place and thence to the intersection of St. Dominick’s Place with The Crescent, thence in a north-easterly direction along The Crescent to its intersection with Anne Street, passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding the roundabout at The Crescent; thence in a north-easterly direction along Anne Street to its intersection with Park Street; thence in a north-easterly direction along Park Street and Francis Street to its intersection with Roden Place, thence in an easterly direction along Roden Place, Jocelyn Street, Seatown Place and Barrack Street to the intersection of Barrack Street with the Dundalk Inner Relief Road; thence in a north-westerly projection along the Dundalk Inner Relief Road to its intersection by the imaginary north-easterly projection of the road known as St. Helena; thence in a north-easterly direction along the said imaginary projection to its intersection by the eastern boundary of the electoral division of Dundalk Urban No. 2, in Dundalk Harbour. 7

References

  1. ↑ (eISB), electronic Irish Statute Book. "County of Louth Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014". www.irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Municipal District Dundalk". census.cso.ie. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  3. ↑ "2014 Local elections: Louth County Council". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Citizensinformation.ie. "Cathaoirleach of the council". www.citizensinformation.ie. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
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