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, the Local Appointments Commission was created by the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1926, as enacted by the government of

W. T. Cosgrave William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, leader of the Opposition in both the Free State and Ire ...

, to counter allegations of favouritism at local levels in government in

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