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Fingal County Council
Local authority for Fingal in Ireland
Local authority for Fingal in Ireland
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Fingal County Council | ||
| native_name | Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall | ||
| jurisdiction | Fingal | ||
| coa_pic | Fingal Coat of Arms.png | ||
| coa_res | 120px | ||
| logo_pic | Fingal County Council.svg | ||
| logo_res | 210px | ||
| house_type | County council | ||
| motto | |||
| "Abundance of Land and Sea" | |||
| leader1_type | Mayor | ||
| leader1 | Tom O'Leary | ||
| party1 | FG | ||
| members | 40 | ||
| structure1 | Fingal County Council composition.svg | ||
| structure1_res | 260px | ||
| :{{Party index link | Fine Gael | border | darkgray}} (7) |
| :{{Party index link | Labour Party (Ireland) | border | darkgray}} (7) |
| :{{Party index link | Fianna Fáil | border | darkgray}} (6) |
| :{{Party index link | Sinn Féin | border | darkgray}} (4) |
| :{{Party index link | Aontú | border | darkgray}} (2) |
| :{{Party index link | People Before Profit–Solidarity | border | darkgray}} (2) |
| :{{Party index link | Social Democrats (Ireland) | border | darkgray}} (2) |
| :{{Party index link | Green Party (Ireland) | border | darkgray}} (1) |
| :{{Party index link | Independents 4 Change | border | darkgray}} (1) |
| :{{Party index link | National Party (Ireland, 2016) | border | darkgray}} (1) |
| :{{Party index link | Independent politician (Ireland) | border | darkgray}} (7) |
| last_election1 | 7 June 2024 | ||
| session_room | Fingal_County_Hall_south.jpg | ||
| meeting_place | County Hall, Swords | ||
| website |
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Fingal County Council () is the local authority of the county of Fingal, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that succeeded the former Dublin County Council on abolition on 1 January 1994 and is one of four local authorities in 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 transport, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 40 elected members. Elections are held every five years on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The county administration is headed by a chief executive, AnnMarie Farrelly. The county town is Swords.
History
The council of the electoral county of Dublin—Fingal was established in 1985 with 24 members. Its members also sat as members of Dublin County Council. At the 1991 local election, the electoral county was renamed Fingal.
On 1 January 1994, under the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, County Dublin ceased to exist with the new county Fingal where the electoral county had been. Dublin County Council also ceased to exist and Fingal County Council came into being.
The county council initially met at the former offices of the abolished Dublin County Council, an office block at 46–49 O'Connell Street, Dublin. A new building, known as County Hall, located on Main Street in Swords, was purpose-built for the county council and completed in 2000.
The Local Government Act 2001 reformed the two-tier structure of local government. It confirmed the size of the council as 24 members.
The town council of Balbriggan was dissolved under the Local Government Reform Act 2014. Fingal County Council became the successor body of the town council. Under the same legislation, the size of the council was increased to 40 members as part of a nationwide reallocation of local authority membership numbers.
Administrative area
The county of Fingal covers an area of 456 km2 and has 88 km of coastline stretching from Sutton in the south to Balbriggan in the north. It is drained by the Delvin River along its northern boundary, the Ballyboghil River and the Broadmeadow River and its major tributary, the Ward in the centre, and the Tolka and Santry rivers to the south. The River Liffey forms its southern border with South Dublin. There are three large protected estuaries and salt marsh habitats, with thirteen major beaches. Howth Head and the Liffey Valley are covered by Special Area Amenity Orders.
Regional Assembly
Fingal County Council has three representatives on the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly who are part of the Dublin Strategic Planning Area Committee.
Elections
Members of Fingal County Council are elected for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) from multi-member local electoral areas (LEAs).
The figures for Solidarity (named the Anti-Austerity Alliance 2014 to 2017) include the figures for the Socialist Party, founded in 1996.
Local electoral areas
Fingal is divided into the seven local electoral areas. These are defined by electoral divisions which were defined in 1986, with minor amendments in 1994.
| LEA | Definition | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Balbriggan | Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Holmpatrick and Skerries | 5 |
| Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart | Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Dubber, The Ward; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Blakestown and Blanchardstown-Coolmine north of a line drawn along the N3 dual carriageway | 5 |
| Castleknock | Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Lucan North; the part of Blanchardstown-Blakestown electoral division situated within the following line: Commencing at the intersection of the boundary between the electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Blakestown and Lucan North with the R121 Road at the Clonsilla railway station bridge; (referred to hereafter as the first-mentioned point); then proceeding in a north easterly direction along the R121 road to its intersection with the Clonsilla link road; then proceeding in a northerly direction along the Clonsilla link road to its intersection with the Ongar distributor road; then proceeding in a south-easterly direction along the Ongar distributor road to its intersection with Shelerin Road; then proceeding in a southerly direction along Shelerin Road to its intersection with Clonsilla Road; then proceeding in an easterly direction along Clonsilla Road to its intersection with Porterstown Road; then proceeding in a southerly direction along Porterstown Road to the railway line; then proceeding in a westerly direction along the railway line to the first-mentioned point; and that part of the electoral division of Blanchardstown-Coolmine not contained in the local electoral area of Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart | 6 |
| Howth–Malahide | Baldoyle, Howth, Malahide East, Malahide West, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Sutton; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Balgriffin, Kinsaley and Swords-Seatown not contained in the local electoral area of Swords | 7 |
| Ongar | That part of the electoral division of Blanchardstown-Blakestown not contained in the local electoral area of Castleknock and not contained in the local electoral area of Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart | 5 |
| Rush–Lusk | Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Garristown, Hollywood, Lusk and Rush | 5 |
| Swords | Airport, Kilsallaghan, Swords-Forrest, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords Village, Turnapin; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Balgriffin, Kinsaley and Swords-Seatown west of a line drawn along the M1 motorway. | 7 |
Councillors
2024 seats summary
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| 7 | |
| 7 | |
| 6 | |
| 4 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 2 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 7 |
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 7 June 2024.
Co-options
;Notes
Governance
The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen from among the councillors. The chief executive is appointed by central government. The current chief executive is AnnMarie Farrelly.
References
References
- {{Cite Irish legislation. (1985). (3 April 1985)
- {{Cite Irish legislation. (1985). (3 April 1985)
- {{Cite Irish legislation. (1991). (18 May 1991)
- {{Cite Irish legislation. (1993). (22 December 1993)
- (21 December 1993). "[[Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993]]".
- (4 September 1996). "Fingal council to build new county offices in Swords". The Irish Times.
- (9 November 2000). "Fingal's offices are greenest of all". The Irish Times.
- (21 July 2001). "[[Local Government Act 2001]]".
- (27 January 2014). "[[Local Government Reform Act 2014]]".
- (22 May 2014). "Local Government Reform Act 2014 (2014 Establishment Day) Order 2014".
- (27 January 2014). "Local Government Reform Act 2014".
- "Fingal Climate Change Adaptation Plan". Fingal County Council.
- {{Cite Irish legislation. (2014). (16 December 2014)
- (19 December 2018). "County of Fingal Local Electoral Areas Order 2018".
- (20 January 1986). "Dublin County (District Electoral Divisions) Regulations 1986".
- (29 April 1994). "Dublin County (District Electoral Divisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1994".
- "Fingal County – Elected Candidates". [[RTÉ News]].
- (9 September 2024). "Dublin gets new councillors just three months after elections". [[The Irish Times]].
- (12 March 2025). "Two new councillors confirmed for Fingal".
- (18 December 2024). "Minister of State Malcolm Noonan sole Green Party Seanad candidate". [[The Irish Times]].
- "New councillors co-opted to Fingal County Council {{!}} Fingal County Council".
- (12 March 2025). "Two new councillors confirmed for Fingal".
- Per Schedule 8 of the Local Government Act 2001, the Council resolved to give to the office of its chairperson and vice-chairperson the title of "Mayor" or "Deputy Mayor", respectively.
- "Staff Directory". Fingal County Council.
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