Louth County Council

Louth County Council Comhairle Contae Lú
Type
Type	County council
Leadership
Cathaoirleach	Peter Savage, FF
Structure
Seats	29
Political groups	Sinn Féin (10)      Fine Gael (7)      Fianna Fáil (5)      Green Party (2)      Labour Party (2)      Independent (3)
Elections
Last election	23 May 2014
Meeting place
County Hall, Dundalk
Website
www.louthcoco.ie

The area governed by the council

Louth County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Lú) is the authority responsible for local government in County Louth, 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.^[1] The council has 29 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, Joan Martin. The county town is Dundalk.

Councillors

For the purpose of elections, the county is divided into four municipal districts: Ardee (6), Drogheda (10), Dundalk-Carlingford (6) and Dundalk South (7).^[2]

2014 seats summary

Party		Seats
	Sinn Féin	10
	Fine Gael	7
	Fianna Fáil	5
	Green Party	2
	Labour Party	2
	Independent	3

Councillors by municipal district

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.^[3]

Council members from 2014 election
Municipal District	Name	Party
Ardee	Pearse McGeough		Sinn Féin
	Colm Markey		Fine Gael
	Tom Cunningham		Sinn Féin
	Liam Reilly		Fianna Fáil
	Dolores Minogue		Fine Gael
	Jim Tenanty		Independent
Drogheda	Imelda Munster		Sinn Féin
	Paul Bell		Labour Party
	Alan Cassidy		Sinn Féin
	Tommy Byrne		Fianna Fáil
	Kevin Callan		Fine Gael
	Oliver Tully		Fine Gael
	Frank Godfrey		Independent
	Richie Culhane		Fine Gael
	Pio Smith		Labour Party
	Kenneth Flood		Sinn Féin
Dundalk-Carlingford	Edel Corrigan		Sinn Féin
	Jim Loughran		Sinn Féin
	Peter Savage		Fianna Fáil
	John McGahon		Fine Gael
	Conor Keelan		Fianna Fáil
	Mark Dearey		Green Party
Dundalk South	Tomás Sharkey		Sinn Féin
	Declan Breathnach		Fianna Fáil
	Maeve Anna Yore		Independent
	Kevin Meenan		Sinn Féin
	Jennifer Green		Sinn Féin
	Marianne Butler		Green Party
	Maria Doyle		Fine Gael

Population by Municipal District

The table below sets out the population of the county broken down by municipal district.^[4]

Electoral Division	Population - 2006	Population - 2011	Population - 2016
Louth	111267	122897	128375
Dundalk (Town + Rural), Co. Louth	51758	56761	59557
Dundalk Town, Co. Louth	29037	31149	32288
004 Dundalk Urban No. 1, Co. Louth	2190	2148	2169
005 Dundalk Urban No. 2, Co. Louth	1211	1169	1140
006 Dundalk Urban No. 3, Co. Louth	1400	1449	1710
007 Dundalk Urban No. 4, Co. Louth	6183	6039	5970
023 Castletown (Part Urban), Co. Louth	2518	2637	2685
027 Dundalk Rural (Part Urban), Co. Louth	15440	17620	18514
030 Haggardstown (Part Urban), Co. Louth	95	87	100
Dundalk rural area, Co. Louth	22721	25612	27269
019 Ballymascanlan, Co. Louth	2016	2213	2206
020 Barronstown, Co. Louth	647	744	746
021 Carlingford, Co. Louth	1384	1801	2201
022 Castlering, Co. Louth	935	1012	1034
023 Castletown (Part Rural), Co. Louth	1421	1573	1622
024 Creggan Upper, Co. Louth	684	787	852
025 Darver, Co. Louth	562	568	678
026 Drummullagh, Co. Louth	1120	1257	1350
027 Dundalk Rural (Part Rural), Co. Louth	535	540	686
028 Faughart, Co. Louth	905	991	958
029 Greenore, Co. Louth	979	1169	1201
030 Haggardstown (Part Rural), Co. Louth	5769	6303	6819
031 Jenkinstown, Co. Louth	948	1173	1277
032 Killanny, Co. Louth	683	799	825
033 Louth, Co. Louth	1308	1505	1575
034 Mansfieldstown, Co. Louth	640	807	855
035 Rathcor, Co. Louth	1203	1352	1374
036 Ravensdale, Co. Louth	982	1018	1010
Drogheda Borough, Co. Louth	28973	28576	29471
001 Fair Gate, Co. Louth	9783	9806	10317
002 St. Laurence Gate, Co. Louth	3801	4004	4075
003 West Gate, Co. Louth	5899	6042	6284
041 St. Peter's (Part Urban), Co. Louth	3460	2161	2099
047 St. Mary's (Part Urban), Co. Louth	6030	6563	6696
Ardee No. 1 rural area, Co. Louth	17976	20262	20924
008 Ardee Rural, Co. Louth	2626	2875	2952
009 Ardee Urban, Co. Louth	4301	4554	4917
010 Castlebellingham, Co. Louth	1371	1617	1688
011 Clonkeen, Co. Louth	545	648	675
012 Collon, Co. Louth	1380	1770	1859
013 Dromin, Co. Louth	535	610	629
014 Dromiskin, Co. Louth	1935	2187	2226
015 Drumcar, Co. Louth	1385	1526	1451
016 Dunleer, Co. Louth	2340	2796	2868
017 Stabannan, Co. Louth	590	620	619
018 Tallanstown, Co. Louth	968	1059	1040
Louth rural area, Co. Louth	12560	17298	18423
037 Clogher, Co. Louth	2494	3031	3237
038 Dysart, Co. Louth	777	918	925
039 Monasterboice, Co. Louth	1164	1342	1365
040 Mullary, Co. Louth	1528	1723	1754
041 St. Peter's (Part Rural), Co. Louth	4022	6990	7605
042 Termonfeckin, Co. Louth	2575	3294	3537

See also

• Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898
• Local government in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Services". Louth County Council. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
2. "2014 Local elections – Louth County Council". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
3. "2014 Local elections: Louth County Council". RTÉ News. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
4. "Census of population by electoral division 2016". CENSUS OF POPULATION 2016 - PRELIMINARY RESULTS / GEOGRAPHIC CHANGES CENSUS OF POPULATION 2016 - PRELIMINARY RESULTS. CSO. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

External links

• Official website