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2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Election
An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was divided into six local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ... (PR-STV). Boundary changes Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used at the 2014 election. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, requiring a change to the eight-seat Dún Laoghaire LEA. Other changes were nece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council () is the local authority of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that succeeded the former Dublin County Council on its abolition on 1 January 1994 and one of four councils in the old County Dublin. 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, Frank Curran. The county town is Dún Laoghaire. It serves a population of approximately 206,260. History The Council of the electoral County of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was established in 1985 with 28 members. Its members also sat as m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built up alongside a small existing settlement following 1816 legislation that allowed the building of a major port to serve Dublin. It was known as Dunleary in the English language, until it was renamed Kingstown in honour of King George IV's 1821 visit, and in 1920 was given its present name Dún Laoghaire, the original Irish form from which "Dunleary" was anglicised. Over time, the town became a residential location, a seaside resort, the terminus of Ireland's first railway and the administrative centre of the former borough of Dún Laoghaire, and from 1994, of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. Toponymy The town's name means "fort of Laoghaire". This refers to Lóegaire mac Néill (modern spelling: Laoghaire Mac Néill), a 5th-century High King of Ireland, who chose the site as a sea base from which to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading newspaper. It is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners, it became a supporter of unionism in Ireland. In the 21st century, it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressive", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's notable columnists have included writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord. The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald was once a columnist. Michael O'Regan was the Leinster Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maeve O'Connell
Maeve O'Connell is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency since the 2024 general election. Career She has lectured in law and governance at Technological University Dublin. She is a barrister and was called to the bar in 1998. O'Connell was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council from 2019 to 2024 for the Stillorgan area. Personal life She is married to fellow Fine Gael TD Colm Brophy Colm Brophy (born 22 June 1966) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency), Dublin South-West constituency since the 2016 Irish general election, 2016 general election. He se .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oconnell, Maeve Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the 34th Dáil Fine Gael TDs Members of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Council Fine Gael local councillors Irish barristers 21st-century women Teachtaà Dà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stillorgan
Stillorgan (, also and previously or ), formerly a village in its own right, is now a suburban area of Dublin in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Stillorgan is located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, and contains many housing estates, shops and other facilities, with the old village centre still present. Stillorgan is at least partly contiguous with Kilmacud and neighbours other Southside (Dublin), southside districts such as Mount Merrion, Sandyford, Leopardstown, Dundrum, Dublin, Dundrum, Blackrock, Dublin, Blackrock, Goatstown and Foxrock. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Stillorgan, an area considerably larger than Stillorgan village, was 18,212 at the 2022 census. Stillorgan is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name, in the Rathdown (County Dublin barony), barony of Rathdown. Name It is popularly believed that the name Stillorgan is either a Danish or Anglo-Norman corruption of Teach Lorcán, 'the house or church of Lorcán', possibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill ( Carroll; born 5 September 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Health (Ireland), Minister for Health since January 2025. She previously served as Minister of State for European Affairs from 2024 to 2025 and Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 2022 to 2024. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency), Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2020 Irish general election, 2020 general election. She has worked as a solicitor and barrister within the public service and also as a government special advisor. Early life She studied Economics and Social Science at Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 2002 with joint honours in Political Science and Business. She later completed a PhD in public policy and Political Science at University College Dublin, with a thesis entitled ''Institutional Change in Judicial Selection Systems: Ireland in Comparative Perspective,'' which won the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankill, Dublin
Shankill () is an outlying suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, on the southeast of County Dublin, close to the border with County Wicklow. It is in the local government area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and had a population of 14,257 as of the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census. It runs from the coast, between Loughlinstown and Bray, inland towards the foothills of the Dublin Mountains. Shankill borders Rathmichael, as well as Loughlinstown, Killiney, Ballybrack and Bray, County Wicklow, Bray in County Wicklow. It is part of the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Rathmichael and contains the formerly separate district of Shanganagh, and in its southern parts, the locality of Crinken. Etymology The name Shankill derives from the Irish term "Seanchill," which translates to "old church" or "ancient church." The word "sean" means "old," and "cill" means "church." This name is believed to reference an early Christian monastic settlement or an ancient church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killiney
Killiney () is an affluent coastal suburb on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. It lies south of Dalkey, east and northeast of Ballybrack and Sallynoggin and north of Shankill, in the local government area of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown within County Dublin. The place grew around the 11th century Killiney Church, and became a popular seaside resort in the 19th century. The area is notable for some famous residents, including two members of U2, and Enya. Killiney is in a civil parish of the same name, in the barony of Rathdown. Amenities The tiny village centre of Killiney contains a pub, the Druid's Chair. To the north is a hotel, Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel since 1971, and beyond that a small shopping centre established in the 1970s, and nearer Ballybrack some further retail facilities. Between the hotel and the café are two churches, one Church of Ireland, and one a secondary Catholic church or chapel, open briefly weekly. A Le Chéile Schools Trust school, Holy Child Kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Blain
Emma Blain is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former journalist who has served as Lord Mayor of Dublin since December 2024. She has been a member of Dublin City Council for the Pembroke local electoral area since 2024. She succeeded James Geoghegan as Lord Mayor of Dublin after his election to Dáil Eireann. Journalism Blain was the editor of ''The Church of Ireland Gazette ''The Church of Ireland Gazette'' is a monthly magazine promoting the Christian faith, and covers the activities of the Church of Ireland across all its dioceses in Ireland (North and South). Although associated with the Church of Ireland (Angli ...'' from 2020 to 2024, and was previously employed by both the '' Sunday Independent'' and ''The Herald (Ireland), The Herald'' newspapers. During the Celtic Tiger she was in her own words "a form of influencer" as an O3 Girl at the ''Sunday Independent''. An "O3 girl" was a young female journalist featured in the Sunday Independent during the early 2000s, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
