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Dungarvan Town Council, previously known as Dungarvan Urban District Council, was responsible for administration and some public services in Dungarvan, County Waterford. Records date the establishment of town commissioners in Dungarvan to 1855, [ 3 ] being replaced by an urban district council in 1899. [ 4 ]
Dungarvan is situated at the mouth of the Colligan River, which divides the town into two parishes - that of Dungarvan to the west, and that of Abbeyside to the east. These parishes are connected in three places by a causeway and single-span bridge built by the Dukes of Devonshire starting in 1801; [ 6 ] by an old railway bridge; and by a ring ...
Previously Waterford County Council had been based at Arus Brugha at Davitt's Quay. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The county council moved to the new building, which cost €6 million to build, in April 1999. [ 3 ] Some structural changes were carried out to the building following the merger of Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council to create ...
In Ireland, a town council was the second (or lower) tier of local government from 2002 to 2014. Operating in smaller towns and cities, they exercised limited functions which were subsidiary to those of their relevant county council. The term was introduced into local government in Ireland by the Local Government Act 2001.
Map of Ireland. This is a list of places in Republic of Ireland which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world). In the Republic of Ireland, this association is formalised by local government.
This is a link page for cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland, including townships or urban centres in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and other major urban areas. Cities are shown in bold ; see City status in Ireland for an independent list.
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 council has 32 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 city and county administration is headed by a chief executive, Seán McKeown. [2] The administrative centres are Waterford and Dungarvan.