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The council has 63 elected members and is the largest local council in Ireland. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the honorific title of Lord Mayor. The city administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Richard Shakespeare.
- 2024 Dublin City Council election
7 June 2024. 2029 →. All 63 seats on Dublin City Council. 32...
- Local government in Dublin
Dublin City Council was increased from 45 to 52 members....
- 2019 Dublin City Council election
Overview. Sinn Féin had lost eight seats to return with...
- 2024 Dublin City Council election
As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. Until 2001, the authority was known as Dublin Corporation. The council is responsible for public housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture and environment.
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Your City Council. Dublin City Council is the democratically elected body that governs Dublin City. It is the largest Local Authority in Ireland with 63 elected Councillors.
Dublin City Hall was built between 1769 and 1779. After a hotly contested competition to find a designer, Dublin’s top architect, James Gandon took second place to Thomas Cooley, a young London architect who undertook the project at the age of just 29. Cooley’s ideas were ambitious and daring.
