Cork County Council
| Cork County Council Comhairle Contae Chorcaí | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
|
John Paul O'Shea, Ind | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 55 |
 | |
Political groups |
Council Control (18)
Supply and Confidence (10)
Council Opposition (27)
|
| Elections | |
Last election | 23 May 2014 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Cork County Hall | |
| Website | |
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www | |
Cork County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Chorcaí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Cork, 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 55 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Tim Lucey [1] The county seat is Cork County Hall in Cork. The 2015 Cork Local Government Review has recommended merging Cork City Council and Cork County Council into a single "super council"; however, a minority report opposes the merger.[2][3]
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the county is divided into 8 local electoral areas: Ballincollig-Carrigaline (10), Bandon-Kinsale (6), Blarney-Macroom (6), Cobh (7), East Cork (6), Fermoy (6), Kanturk-Mallow (6) and West Cork (8).
2014 seats summary
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 17 | |
| Fine Gael | 16 | |
| Sinn Féin | 10 | |
| Labour Party | 2 | |
| Independent | 10 | |
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.[4]
| Council members from 2014 election | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local electoral area | Name | Party | |
| Ballincollig-Carrigaline | Seamus McGrath | Fianna Fáil | |
| Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire | Sinn Féin | ||
| Derry Canty | Fine Gael | ||
| Deirdre Forde | Fine Gael | ||
| Daithí O Donnabháin | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Marcia D'Alton | Independent | ||
| John A. Collins | Fine Gael | ||
| Mary Rose Desmond | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Michael Murphy | Sinn Féin | ||
| Joe Harris | Independent | ||
| Bandon-Kinsale | Rachael McCarthy | Sinn Féin | |
| Alan Coleman | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Tim Lombard | Fine Gael | ||
| Margaret Murphy O'Mahony | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James O'Donovan | Fine Gael | ||
| Kevin Murphy | Fine Gael | ||
| Blarney-Macroom | Aindrias Moynihan | Fianna Fáil | |
| Michael Creed | Fine Gael | ||
| Des O'Grady | Sinn Féin | ||
| Ted Lucey | Fine Gael | ||
| Bob Ryan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Kevin Conway | Independent | ||
| Cobh | Padraig O'Sullivan | Fianna Fáil | |
| Kieran McCarthy | Sinn Féin | ||
| Ger Keohane | Sinn Féin | ||
| Anthony Barry | Fine Gael | ||
| Sinéad Sheppard | Fine Gael | ||
| Cathal Rasmussen | Labour Party | ||
| Claire Cullinane | Independent | ||
| East Cork | Noel Collins | Independent | |
| Aaron O'Sullivan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Pat Buckley | Sinn Féin | ||
| Michael Hegarty | Fine Gael | ||
| Susan McCarthy | Fine Gael | ||
| Mary Linehan-Foley | Independent | ||
| Fermoy | Noel McCarthy | Labour Party | |
| Kevin O'Keeffe | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Frank O'Flynn | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Ian Doyle | Fianna Fáil | ||
| June Murphy | Sinn Féin | ||
| Kay Dawson | Fine Gael | ||
| Kanturk-Mallow | John Paul O'Shea | Independent | |
| Dan Joe Fitzgerald | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Gerard Murphy | Fine Gael | ||
| Bernard Moynihan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Melissa Mullane | Sinn Féin | ||
| Timmy Collins | Independent | ||
| West Cork | Michael Collins | Independent | |
| Joe Carrol | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Noel O'Donovan | Fine Gael | ||
| Christopher O'Sullivan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Patrick Gerard Murphy | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Paul Hayes | Sinn Féin | ||
| Declan Hurley | Independent | ||
| Mary Hegarty | Fine Gael | ||
Changes in affiliation
| Name | Electoral area | Elected as | New affiliation | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran McCarthy | Cobh | Sinn Féin | Independent | June 2015 | ||
| Alan Coleman | Bandon-Kinsale | Fianna Fáil | Independent | June 2015 | ||
| June Murphy | Fermoy | Sinn Féin | Independent | September 2015 | ||
| Noel McCarthy | Fermoy | Labour Party | Independent | October 2015 | ||
| Ger Keohane | Cobh | Sinn Féin | Independent | November 2015 | ||
| Noel McCarthy | Fermoy | Independent | Fine Gael | November 2015 | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Council defends use of debt collectors". The Irish Examiner. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ↑ Cork Local Government Committee (September 2015). "Local Government Arrangements in Cork" (PDF). Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "Merger of Cork councils to be in place for 2019 elections". Evening Echo. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "2014 Local elections: Cork County Council". RTÉ News. Retrieved 5 June 2014.