Cork City Council
| Cork City Council Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí |
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| Type | |
| Type | City council |
| Leadership | |
| Lord Mayor | Terry Shannon, FF |
| Members | 31 |
| Political groups | Fine Gael (8) Labour Party (7) Fianna Fáil (6) Sinn Féin (5) Socialist Party (1) Workers Party (1) Independents (3) |
| Elections | |
| Last election | 5 June 2009 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Cork City Hall | |
| Website | |
| www.corkcity.ie | |
Cork City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí) is the local authority which is responsible for the city of Cork and its immediate hinterland in Ireland. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The Chairman of the Council has the honorific title of Lord Mayor of Cork.
The county council is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. Prior to the enactment of the 2001 Act, it was known as Cork Corporation. The city is divided into six local electoral areas and has 31 councillors who are elected every five years by single transferable vote. The city administration is headed by a County Manager, currently Tim Lucey.
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[edit] Councillors
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into six local electoral areas: Cork North Central (5), Cork North East (4), Cork North West (4), Cork South Central (5), Cork South East (7) and Cork South West (6).[1]
[edit] 2009 Seats summary
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 8 | |
| Labour Party | 7 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 6 | |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | |
| Socialist Party | 1 | |
| Workers Party | 1 | |
| Independents | 4 | |
[edit] Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 5 June 2009.
| Council members from 2009 election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local electoral area | Name | Party | |
| Cork North Central | Mick Barry | Socialist Party | |
| Catherine Clancy | Labour Party | ||
| Patricia Gosch | Fine Gael | ||
| Kenneth O'Flynn | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Thomas Gould | Sinn Féin | ||
| Cork North East | John Kelleher | Labour Party | |
| Dara Murphy† | Fine Gael | ||
| Tim Brosnan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Ted Tynan | Workers' Party | ||
| Cork North West | Dave McCarthy† | Independent | |
| Jonathan O'Brien† | Sinn Féin | ||
| Michael O'Connell | Labour Party | ||
| Tony Fitzgerald | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Cork South Central | Lorraine Kingston | Labour Party | |
| Emmet O'Halloran | Fine Gael | ||
| Sean Martin | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Mick Finn | Independent | ||
| Fiona Kerins | Sinn Féin | ||
| Cork South East | Des Cahill | Fine Gael | |
| Laura McGonigle | Fine Gael | ||
| Denis O'Flynn | Labour Party | ||
| Terry Shannon | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Chris O'Leary‡ | Independent | ||
| Kieran McCarthy | Independent | ||
| Jim Corr | Fine Gael | ||
| Cork South West | John Buttimer | Fine Gael | |
| Mary Shields | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Michael Ahern | Labour Party | ||
| Brian Bermingham | Fine Gael | ||
| Henry Cremin | Sinn Féin | ||
| Ger Gibbons | Labour Party | ||
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
‡Changed party, see table below for details.
[edit] Co-options
| Outgoing | Party | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dara Murphy | Fine Gael | Cork North East | Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election | February 2011 | Joe Kavanagh | Fine Gael | ||
| Jonathan O'Brien | Sinn Féin | Cork North West | Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election | February 2011 | Michael Nugent | Sinn Féin | ||
| David McCarthy | Independent | Cork North West | Death of Councillor[2] | April 2011 | Joe O'Callaghan | Fine Gael | ||
[edit] Changes in affiliation
| Name | Electoral area | Elected as | New affiliation | Date | ||
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| Chris O'Leary | Cork South East | Independent | Sinn Féin | July 2011 | ||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "2009 Local elections – Cork City Council". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/results/local/council.cfm?election=2009L&area=246. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Heated debate on game-changing co-option". Cork Independent. 27 April 2011. http://corkindependent.com/stories/item/1531/2011-17/Fine-Gael-takes-seat.
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