Sligo County Council () is the

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County Sligo County Sligo ( , ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region and is part of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. Sligo is the administrative capital and largest town in ...

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. As a

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, it is governed by the

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. The council is responsible for

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and community, roads and

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ation,

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and development, amenity and

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, and environment. The council has 18 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by

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. The head of the council has the title of

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(chairperson). The county administration is headed by a

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, Martin Lydon. The

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History

Originally meetings of Sligo County Council were held at Sligo Courthouse. The county council moved to modern facilities, known as County Hall (), in June 1979. Following the 2015

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programme '' Standards in Public Office'', in March 2019, Joe Queenan was found by the

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to have contravened the Local Government Act in three different instances, including failure to maintain proper standards of integrity, conduct and concern for the public interest.

Regional Assembly

Sligo County Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly where they are part of the Border Strategic Planning Area Committee.

Elections

Members of Sligo County Council are elected for a five-year term of office on the

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by means of the

(PR-STV) from multi-member

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s (LEAs).

Local electoral areas and municipal districts

County Sligo is divided into borough and municipal districts and LEAs, defined by

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s. The municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former borough of Sligo is referred to as a borough district.

Councillors

2024 seats summary

Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 7 June 2024. ;Notes

Co-options

Changes in affiliation

References

External links

* {{Local government in the Republic of Ireland Politics of County Sligo County councils in the Republic of Ireland