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History. The county council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Dublin. [1] [2] [3] Its headquarters were established at 10–11 Parnell Square in 1900 [4] but, due to the cramped conditions, it transferred to 46–49 O'Connell Street, Dublin City in 1975. [5] [6]
The Chief Executive of a city or county is the senior permanent official in local government in the Republic of Ireland. Whereas the county council and city council are elected officials who formulate policy, the chief executive is an appointed official who manages the implementation of policy. [ 1] The position was introduced in 1929–42 ...
the abolition of rural districts in County Dublin (which had been abolished elsewhere under the Local Government Act 1925; [13] the reduction of Dublin City Council from 80 members to 35 members, 5 of which were to be elected by a register of commercial electors. [14] The register of commercial electors was provided by separate legislation. [15]
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 ...
Adamstown ( Irish: Baile Adaim, meaning 'Town of Adam') is a planned suburban development in western County Dublin, located circa 16 km from Dublin city centre, in the jurisdiction of South Dublin County Council. The first new town in Ireland since Shannon Town in the 1960s, the development-in-progress is based on a 220 hectare Strategic ...
Location of South Dublin in Ireland. South Dublin County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas) is the local authority of the county of South Dublin, Ireland.It is one of three local authorities created by the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 to succeed the former Dublin County Council before its abolition on 1 January 1994 and one of four councils in County Dublin.
Dublin is the third smallest of Ireland's 32 counties by area, and the largest in terms of population. It is the third-smallest of Leinster's 12 counties in size and the largest by population. Dublin shares a border with three counties – Meath to the north and west, Kildare to the west and Wicklow to the south.
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