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Cork City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí) is the local authority of the city of Cork in Ireland. As a city council , it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001 . Before 1 January 2002, the council was known as Cork Corporation .
In April 2022, The Phoenix magazine reported that the creation of a women's caucus on Cork City Council faced resistance from male councillors, with accusations of sexist language being used in debates. Fianna Fáil party councillor Terry Shannon caused controversy by advising women not to get "uppity" about gender balance on committees.
Kenneth Noel O'Flynn (born 1978/1979) [1] is an Irish Independent Ireland politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency since the 2024 general election. [2] [3] O'Flynn was previously a member of Cork City Council between 2008 and 2024. [4]
O'Flynn was born in County Cork in 1975/1976 and is son of former Fianna Fáil TD Noel O'Flynn. [2] [3] He began his political career in 2003, taking his father’s seat on Cork City Council when the dual mandate ban was introduced. [4] He held the seat until 2008 when he left the council and his brother Ken O'Flynn was co-opted. [3] [4]
He contested the 1992 general election in the Cork North-Central constituency but was not successful after receiving 1,036 first preference votes. O'Leary again attempted to secure a seat in Dáil Éireann by contesting a 1994 by-election and the 1997 general election , the latter as a National Party candidate.
An election to all 31 seats on Cork City Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] Cork is divided into 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Laura Harmon (born 26 November 1986) [1] is a Labour Party member of Cork City Council for the South West area. A housing rights and equality campaigner, Harmon previously contested the Seanad National University panel elections in 2020 and 2016. She is a former president of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). She was the first woman to ...
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