Tipperary County Council
Tipperary County Council Comhairle Contae Thiobraid Árann | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Michael Smith, FF | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 40 |
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Political groups |
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| Elections | |
Last election | 24 May 2019 |
| Meeting place | |
| Civic Offices, Clonmel Civic Offices, Nenagh | |
| Website | |
| tipperarycoco | |
Tipperary County Council (Template:Lang-ga) is the authority responsible for local government in County Tipperary, Ireland. It came into operation on 3 June 2014 after the 2014 local elections,[1] following the merger of North Tipperary County Council and South Tipperary County Council under the provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 40 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Joe MacGrath. The administrative centres are Nenagh and Clonmel.
Councillors
The council has 40 seats. For the purpose of elections the county is divided into sixMunicipal Districts and Six local electoral areas (LEA).[2]
| LEA | Seats | District |
|---|---|---|
| Carrick-on-Suir | 5 | Municipal District of Carrick-on-Suir |
| Cashel–Tipperary | 7 | Municipal District of Cashel–Tipperary |
| Clonmel | 6 | Borough District of Clonmel† |
| Nenagh | 5 | Municipal District of Nenagh |
| Newport |
4 | Municipal District of Newport |
| Templemore–Thurles | 9 | Municipal District of Templemore–Thurles |
† A district associated with a city or borough is termed a metropolitan district or borough district respectively.
2019 seats summary
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael | 12 |
| style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | 9 |
| style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Sinn Féin | 2 |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party | 1 |
| style="background-color: Template:Workers and Unemployed Action/meta/color" | | WUA | 1 |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | Independent | 15 |
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019.[3]
| Council members from 2019 election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local electoral area | Name | Party | |
| Cahir | Andy Moloney | Independent | |
| Marie Murphy | Fine Gael | ||
| Máirín McGrath | Independent | ||
| Micheál Anglim | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Carrick-on-Suir | Imelda Goldsboro | Fianna Fáil | |
| David Dunne | Sinn Féin | ||
| Mark Fitzgerald | Fine Gael | ||
| Kevin O'Meara | Independent | ||
| Kieran Bourke | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Cashel–Tipperary | Michael Fitzgerald | Fine Gael | |
| Roger Kennedy | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Mary Hanna-Hourigan | Fine Gael | ||
| Declan Burgess | Fine Gael | ||
| John Crosse | Fine Gael | ||
| Tony Black | Sinn Féin | ||
| Annemarie Ryan | Independent | ||
| Clonmel | Michael Murphy | Fine Gael | |
| Siobhán Ambrose | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Pat English | Workers and Unemployed | ||
| Garret Ahearn† | Fine Gael | ||
| Richie Molloy | Independent | ||
| Niall Dennehy | Independent | ||
| Nenagh | Joe Hannigan | Independent | |
| Michael O'Meara | Independent | ||
| Gerard Darcy | Fine Gael | ||
| Séamus Morris | Independent | ||
| Hughie McGrath | Independent | ||
| Newport | Fiona Bonfield | Labour | |
| John McGrath | Independent | ||
| Phyll Bugler | Fine Gael | ||
| John Carroll | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Roscrea-Templemore | Michael Smith | Fianna Fáil | |
| Noel Coonan | Fine Gael | ||
| Shane Lee | Independent | ||
| Eddie Moran | Independent | ||
| Thurles | Micheál Lowry | Independent | |
| Séamus Hanafin | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Peter Ryan | Fine Gael | ||
| Jim Ryan | Independent | ||
| Seán Ryan | Fianna Fáil | ||
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
Co-options
| Party | Outgoing | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Garret Ahearn | Clonmel | Elected to Seanad Éireann at the 2020 Seanad election | 11 June 2020 | Declan Fitzgerald | |
See also
References
- ^ "Local authorities". Citizen Information Board. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ "S.I. No. 66/2014 - County of Tipperary Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014". Irish Statute Book. 7 February 2014.
- ^ "2014 Local elections: Tipperary County Council". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.