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The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. [1] [2] [3] The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities is composed of the members of the council, elected by universal franchise in local elections every five years from multi-seat local ...
The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.
The system of local government Ireland, then wholly within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was reformed by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which came into force in 1899. The new system divided Ireland into the following entities: At the county level: Administrative counties; and; County boroughs
No. 6/1945 – Electoral (Dáil Éireann and Local Authorities) Act 1945; No. 7/1945 – Minerals Company Act 1945; No. 8/1945 – Local Government (Dublin) Act 1945; No. 9/1945 – Central Fund Act 1945; No. 10/1945 – Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act 1945; No. 11/1945 – Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act 1945
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 37) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that established a system of local government in Ireland similar to that already created for England, Wales and Scotland by legislation in 1888 and 1889.
The Irish Free State established in 1922 (which became Ireland in 1937) continued the structure of local government which had been in place under United Kingdom law.. Rural districts outside of County Dublin were abolished in 1925, [1] and in County Dublin in 1930. [2]
Under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, local government in Ireland was reduced to a single tier. In Dublin, that meant the abolition of Balbriggan Town Council. There was an adjustment to the number of seats for each local authority, which saw an increase for all four of the Dublin authorities.
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919; Local Government Board for Ireland; M. Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840; N. Newtown Act This page was last edited on 14 ...