The 1979 Irish local elections were held in all the
counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Thursday, 7 June 1979, on the same day as the
first direct elections to the European Parliament.
Results
Total seats
County councils
: Two of the three non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.
Source:
Large corporations
:Five of the six non-party members of Dublin Corporation were elected as Community candidates, including
Tony Gregory
Tony Gregory (5 December 1947 – 2 January 2009) was an Irish independent politician, and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Central constituency from 1982 to 2009.
Early life
Gregory was born in Ballybough on Dublin's Northside, the secon ...
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Seán Dublin Bay Loftus and
Carmencita Hederman.
Small corporations
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Local government in the Republic of Ireland
The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities ...
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:Irish local government councils
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1979 elections in the Republic of Ireland
Local elections
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
June 1979 events in Europe