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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 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
The Local Government Board for Ireland, including appeals under the Old Age Pensions Acts. The Inspectors of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. National Health Insurance Commission. The Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Ireland. Roads Department (formerly Ministry of Transport).
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 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.
History of local government in Ireland, includes period before partition between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Local government in Ireland .
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 reformed local government throughout the country, with first-tier division between administrative counties and county boroughs, and a second-tier division of administrative counties into urban areas and rural areas. The poor law electoral divisions within counties were renamed as district electoral divisions.
Local government in the republic of Ireland has been formed and modified by Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom before 1922 and by legislation passed by Dáil Éireann since that date.