Offaly County Council

Offaly County Council Comhairle Contae Uíbh Fhailí

Type
Type	County council
Leadership
Cathaoirleach	Eamon Dooley, FF
Structure
Seats	19

Political groups	Fianna Fáil (8) Fine Gael (3) Sinn Féin (3) Renua Ireland (1) Independent (4)
Elections
Last election	23 May 2014
Motto
Esto Fidelis (Latin) "Be Faithful"
Meeting place
Áras an Chontae, Tullamore
Website
www.offaly.ie

The area governed by the council

Offaly County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Offaly, 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 19 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, Colette Byrne. The county town is Tullamore.

Councillors

For the purpose of local elections the county is divided into three local electoral areas: Birr (6), Edenderry (6) and Tullamore (7).^[1]

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.^[2]

Council members from 2014 election
Local electoral area	Name	Party
Birr	John Leahy		Independent
	Peter Ormond		Fianna Fáil
	John Clendennen		Fine Gael
	Carol Nolan		Sinn Féin
	Eamon Dooley		Fianna Fáil
	John Carroll		Independent
Edenderry	Martin O'Reilly		Sinn Féin
	Eddie Fitzpatrick		Fianna Fáil
	John Foley		Independent
	Noel Bourke		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Quinn		Fine Gael
	Noel Cribbin		Independent
Tullamore	Brendan Killeavy		Sinn Féin
	Dervill Dolan		Independent
	Sinéad Dooley		Fianna Fáil
	Declan Harvey		Fianna Fáil
	Frank Moran		Fianna Fáil
	Tommy McKeigue		Fine Gael
	Danny Owens		Fianna Fáil

Name	Electoral area	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
John Leahy	Birr		Independent		Renua Ireland	March 2015

Local government in the Republic of Ireland

County councils	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Fingal Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo South Dublin Tipperary Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

City councils	Cork Dublin Galway

City and County councils	Limerick Waterford

Acts	Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 Local Government Act 1925 Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 Local Government Act 2001 Local Government Reform Act 2014

See also	Chief executive Municipal districts Regional Assemblies in Ireland

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