|
2024 Meath County Council Election
An election to all 40 seats on Meath County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Meath is divided into 6 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 (PR-STV). Retiring incumbents The following councillors are not seeking re-election: Results by party Results by LEA Ashbourne Kells Laytown–Bettystown Navan Ratoath Trim Changes since 2024 *† *††url=https://meathlive.net/2024/12/18/new-councillors-obrien-and-everard-co-opted-to-council/, Trim Fianna Fáil Cllr Aisling Dempsey was elected to Dáil Eireann for Meath West at the 2024 Irish general election. Paul O'Rourke was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 18 December 2024. References {{2024 Irish local elections 2024 Irish local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meath County Council
Meath County Council () is the local authority of County Meath, Ireland. 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, Kieran Kehoe. The county town is Navan. History Meath County Council commissioned a purpose-built headquarters at Railway Street in Navan in the early 20th century. It then moved to more modern facilities at the new County Hall on the Dublin Road in Navan in 2017. Regional Assembly Meath County Council has three representatives on the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly who are part of the Eastern Strategic Planning Area Committee. Elections Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Nelson Murray
Linda Nelson Murray is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since January 2025. Early and personal life She lives in Kilmessan with her husband Finbarr Murray, and their two children. She worked as parliamentary assistant to former Meath TD Damien English. Political career She was a member of Meath County Council for the Navan area from June 2024 to January 2025. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Meath West constituency at the 2024 general election This is a list of elections that were held in 2024. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2024 United Nations Security Council election * 2024 national electoral calendar * 2024 local electo .... References External linksFine Gael profile Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Industrial and Commercial Panel senators Fine Gael senators Fine Gael local councillors Members of the 27th Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Irish General Election
The 2024 Irish general election to elect the 34th Dáil took place on Friday, 29 November 2024, following the dissolution of parliament, dissolution of the 33rd Dáil on 8 November by president of Ireland, President Michael D. Higgins at the request of Taoiseach Simon Harris. Polls were open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m Coordinated Universal Time, UTC. It elected 174 Teachta Dála, Teachtaí Dála (TDs) across 43 Dáil constituencies, constituencies of between 3 and 5 seats to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas, Republic of Ireland, Ireland's legislature. Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, the number of TDs was increased from 160 to 174, making it the largest Dáil in the history of the state, with an increase in the number of constituencies from 39 to 43. The main issues in the campaign were the cost of living, Homelessness in Ireland, housing affordability and availability, Irish anti-immigration protests, immigration and asylum management, and Economy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meath East
County Meath ( ; or simply , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is bordered by County Dublin to the southeast, County Louth, Louth to the northeast, County Kildare, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the southwest, Westmeath to the west, County Cavan, Cavan to the northwest, and County Monaghan, Monaghan to the north. To the east, Meath also borders the Irish Sea along a narrow strip between the rivers River Boyne, Boyne and Delvin River, Delvin, giving it the List of Irish counties by coastline, second shortest coastline of any county. Meath County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. Meath is the List of Irish counties by area, 14th-largest of Ireland's 32 traditional counties by land area, and the List of Irish counties by population, 8th-most populous, with a total population of 220,826 according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronan Moore
Ronan Moore is an Irish politician and school teacher, and the author of a number of books with a focus on quirks of Irish culture. Personal life Moore was born in, and his family comes from, Trim, County Meath. As of 2015, he lives with his wife Frances Haworth, and three children. He received a degree in English and History from NUI Galway followed by a Masters in Sustainable Development from Dublin Institute of Technology. Career He has worked with Trócaire in Nigeria. As of 2020, he works as a secondary school English and history teacher at St Patrick's Classical School. Writing In 2015 Moore published a book, ''Irishology'', which discusses some of the strange quirks of Irish culture. This would become the first of a trilogy of similar books, being followed in 2016 by ''Irishography'', which discussed parts of Ireland's geography, and by ''Irishisms'' in 2017. In 2020 Moore published "Young Fionn", a retelling of the Boyhood Deeds of Fionn aimed at a young audience; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisling Dempsey
Aisling Dempsey is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency since the 2024 general election. She was first elected to Meath County Council for the Trim local electoral area at the 2019 Meath County Council election and retained her seat at the 2024 Meath County Council election, subsequently becoming Cathaoirleach of the Municipal District. Her father Noel Dempsey Noel Dempsey (born 6 January 1953) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Transport from 2007 to 2011, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources from 2004 to 2007, Minister for Education and Scie ... was a Fianna Fáil TD from 1987 to 2011 and a former Minister. Dempsey is the first female TD to represent Meath West. She currently works for Glenveagh Homes. She is married to James Flood, has two children and lives in Trim. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dempsey, Aisling Living people Year of birth mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trim, County Meath
Trim () is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated on the River Boyne and, as of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, had a population of 9,563. The town is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. The town is noted for Trim Castle – the largest Normans, Norman castle in Ireland. One of the two cathedrals of the Diocese of Meath and Kildare, United Dioceses of Meath and Kildare – Trim Cathedral, St Patrick's cathedral – is located north of the river. Trim won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1972, 1984, 2014 and 2022, and was the joint winner with Ballyconnell in 1974. Trim was historically the county town of Meath, but this title was passed on in 1898 to the larger, neighbouring town of Navan. History Early history At an early date, a monastery was founded at Trim, which lay within the petty kingdom (''tuath'') of the Cenél Lóegaire, Cenél Lóegairi. It is traditionally thought to have been founded by St. Patrick and left in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Fitzgerald (politician)
Brian Fitzgerald (born 22 March 1947) is an Irish politician. He was a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath constituency from 1992 to 1997, and since 1999 has been an independent member of Meath County Council. Career Previously a SIPTU trade union official, Fitzgerald was elected to Dáil Éireann for Meath during the swing to Labour at the 1992 general election. He had contested the seat unsuccessfully at the November 1982 and 1989 general elections. Like many other Labour TDs elected in 1992, he lost his seat at the 1997 general election. His seat was taken by John V. Farrelly of Fine Gael whom he had defeated in 1992. Fitzgerald was an opponent of the Labour Party's decision to merge with Democratic Left and resigned from the party in 1999. He was re-elected to Meath County Council, as an independent councillor for the Dunshaughlin local electoral area at the 1999 local elections. At the 2002 and 2007 general elections, he stood as an independent candidate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Toole
Gillian Toole is an Irish politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency since the 2024 general election. Toole was previously a Meath County Councillor from 2014 to 2024. Local politics Toole was elected to Meath County Council as a member of Fine Gael at the 2014 Irish local elections for the Ratoath electoral area. Toole resigned from Fine Gael in March 2019, citing frustration with the party's policies, particularly in relation to public transport, healthcare, and community safety. Toole, who had served as a Fine Gael councillor for five years, felt that the party no longer represented the needs of the people of Meath. Her decision came as a shock to local Fine Gael members, as she had been selected to run for the party in the 2019 local elections. In her resignation statement, Toole expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of improvement in areas she had campaigned for and said her experience working part-time in healthcare showed a need for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratoath
Ratoath () is a commuter town in County Meath, Ireland. A branch of the Broad Meadow Water (Broadmeadow River) () flows through the town. The R125 and R155 roads meet in the village. At the 2022 census, there were 10,007 people living in Ratoath, making it the fourth largest urban area in Meath. The town is around northwest of Dublin city centre. Name Ratoath gives its name to a village, a townland, a parish, a civil parish, an electoral division and to the barony of Ratoath. The derivation or meaning of the word is uncertain. Two alternative Irish forms are cited: ''Ráth-Tógh'' and ''Ráth-Tábhachta''. These place names occur in Irish manuscripts and scholars say that the writers were referring to Ratoath; it seems that they were trying to give a phonetic rendering of a name that was unfamiliar to them. ''Mruigtuaithe'' occurs in the Book of Armagh as the name of one of these places in Meath where Saint Patrick founded a church and Eoin MacNeill identifies it as Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemi Adenuga
Oluwayemi "Yemi" Adenuga (née Solaru) is a Nigerian-Irish politician, community organiser and advocate for social justice initiatives. In May 2019, she became the first elected black female public representative in Ireland when she was elected to Meath County Council. She has also founded mentoring programs for women and youth, appeared on the television show '' Gogglebox Ireland'', and worked as a radio and television broadcaster. Early life and education Adenuga was born in Nigeria, and raised in a town outside of Lagos. She was the sixteenth of 27 children of a father with seven wives. In 2020, Adenuga told the ''Irish Independent'', "I grew up in circumstances where, as a girl, I wasn't given a chance." Adenuga completed a Diploma in Business Studies in 2008, a Bachelors of Business Studies in 2010, and a post-graduate certificate in 2016 from University College Dublin. She completed her MBA at Liverpool John Moores University. Career Adenuga worked as a radio and televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
