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2014 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Election
A Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held in Ireland on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected from a field of 85 candidates for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas by proportional representation with a single transferable vote. Citizens Information, 2009-09-21.Local Election Results for Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Irish Times. Retrieved: 2014-06-04. Again mirroring trends in Dublin the number of councillors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Election ...
An election to all 28 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from six local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Results by party Results by local electoral area Ballybrack Blackrock Dundrum Dún Laoghaire Glencullen-Sandyford Stillorgan External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council election, 2009 2009 2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Martin (politician)
Catherine Martin (born 30 September 1972) is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media since June 2020 and Deputy Leader of the Green Party since June 2011. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency since 2016. Personal life Martin was born in 1972 and is a native of Carrickmacross, Monaghan. She studied at Maynooth University. She was a teacher of English and Music, and the head of the Green Schools Committee at St. Tiernan's Community School in Dundrum for 15 years prior to being elected to the Dáil. She is married to Francis Noel Duffy, also a Green Party TD and they have three children together. Catherine and Francis first met in 1999 during a local election in their native Carrickmacross in County Monaghan, where Catherine's brother Vincent P. Martin and Francis' father were both campaigning for office. Vincent is also a member of the Green Party. In June 2020, Vincent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Humphreys (judge)
Richard Humphreys is an Irish judge and lawyer who has served as a Judge of the High Court since October 2015. He was previously a barrister, legal academic, political adviser, and was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Labour Party. Early life Humphreys attended St Michael's College, Dublin, graduating in 1984. He received BCL and LLM law degrees from University College Dublin in 1988 and 1989 respectively. While a student at UCD, Humphreys was the auditor of the L&H society between 1986 and 1987. During his term in charge of the society, it hosted the World Universities Debating Championship. He subsequently attended the King's Inns and obtained a PhD in law from Trinity College Dublin. Legal career He was called to the Bar in 1991 and became a senior counsel in 2009. He practised primarily in the area of public law, specifically Constitutional law, judicial review and immigration law. He twice appeared for Sinn Féin in constitutional chall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Horkan
Gerry Horkan is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since April 2021, and previously from April 2016 to March 2020. He was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is the authority responsible for local government in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that ... from 2003 to 2016. He was the Fianna Fáil Seanad spokesperson on Finance. He lost his seat at the 2020 Seanad election. He was a successful candidate at the 2021 Seanad by-elections. References External linksGerry Horkan's page on the Fianna Fáil website {{DEFAULTSORT:Horkan, Gerry Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) Fianna Fáil senators Politicians from Dublin (city) Members of the 25th Seanad Members of the 26th Seanad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josepha Madigan
Josepha Madigan (born 21 May 1970) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion since July 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency since 2016. She previously served as Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht from November 2017 to June 2020, and as Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight from July 2017 to November 2017. Early and personal life Madigan was born in Dublin in 1970. She attended Mount Anville Secondary School and Trinity College Dublin. She is married to Finbarr Hayes, and they have two children. Her father, Patrick Madigan, was a Fianna Fáil County Councillor in Dublin, her mother, Patricia Madigan, was a barrister who had a background in Fine Gael. She and her family live in Mount Merrion. Madigan is a survivor of sexual assault. Legal career Madigan is a qualified solicitor, who practised in family law for twenty years, prior to her election to D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Bailey
Maria Bailey (born 21 November 1975) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 2016 to 2020. She served as Chair of the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government 2016 to 2019. Her career in Dáil Éireann ended after a personal injury controversy known as "swing-gate", which led to her de-selection by Fine Gael as a candidate in the 2020 general election. Bailey is the daughter of former Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Councillor John Bailey. She was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council from 2004 to 2016. Legal claim A lawsuit by Bailey against Press Up Entertainment and the Dean Hotel for alleged injuries, following a fall from an indoor swing in July 2015, attracted controversy and criticism in the media and in the in May 2019. The controversy became known as "swing-gate". Bailey alleges she injured herself after falling from the swing, and that no instructions in how to u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neale Richmond
Neale Richmond (born 15 March 1983) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State since 2023. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency since the 2020 general election. He previously served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2016 to 2020. Education A native of Ballinteer, Richmond was educated at Taney Parish Primary School and Wesley College, before graduating from University College Dublin, with a BA in History in 2004 and an MA in Political Science in 2005. He lives in Stepaside with his wife and family. He is a member of the Church of Ireland. Political career While studying in UCD, Richmond was chair of the UCD branch of Young Fine Gael. He was elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council in 2009 to represent the Glencullen–Sandyford local electoral area. Richmond was re-elected to the Council in 2014 on the first count. Following his re-election to the council, he was appointed by the Taoiseach as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cormac Devlin
Cormac Devlin (born 30 August 1980) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2020 general election. Early and personal life Devlin was educated at Harold Boys National School, Dalkey, Presentation Brothers College, Glasthule, and the Institute of Public Administration, Dublin. Devlin has been a full time public representative since the 2004 local elections, prior to that he was a manager with a local publishing company. Devlin became active in politics aged 16. He campaigned for Mary McAleese during her 1997 presidential campaign, before joining Ógra Fianna Fáil in 1998. In 1999, he was elected to the Board of Dún Laoghaire VEC, he remained a member of the board until 2014. Political career 2004 local elections Devlin, aged 23, was elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council in 2004, taking the second seat in the Dún Laoghaire local electoral area with 1,776 first preference votes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bailey (Irish Politician)
John Bailey (14 April 1945 – 9 July 2019) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. He spent 10 years as chairman of the Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Political career Fake endorsement letter incident On 23 May 2007, the eve of the General Election in the Republic of Ireland, Bailey circulated a letter purporting to be an official missive from the Fine Gael party, advising party supporters to vote No 1 for Bailey for vote management reasons. The letter was headed with a photo of the party leader, Enda Kenny. This action was subsequently criticised by his running mate, Eugene Regan, who called the letter 'entirely dishonest'. Fine Gael's local director of elections, Paddy Hayes, described the letter as a 'serious breach of party discipline and unity'. Missing Golf club planning objection In 2009, Bailey wrote to constituents in the vicinity of Dún Laoghaire Golf Club to inform them that he had s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Ward (politician)
Barry Ward is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since April 2020. Early life and education Ward is originally from Deansgrange and is a qualified barrister. He is a graduate of University College Dublin, serving as auditor of the Literary and Historical Society from 1998 to 1999 and the Young Progressive Democrats in the same academic year. Political career Ward worked as a legal advisor to Enda Kenny, prior to seeking public office. He was elected as a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council at the 2009 local elections. In 2011, he stood unsuccessfully at the Seanad election for the Administrative Panel. In 2012, he received over €10,000 from the council to finance an M.A. in economic policy from Trinity College Dublin. In 2016, Ward organised a John A. Costello commemoration in Deans Grange Cemetery. In 2020, he came to media attention when he proposed a ban on single-use plastics in takeaways in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Election
A Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. Forty councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from six local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, requiring a change to the eight-seat Dún Laoghaire LEA. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census. Uniquely after 2019 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown became Ireland's first 50:50 gender-neutral Council. Fine Gael remained the largest party gaining an additional 2 seats while seeing a slight reduction in vote-share. Fianna Fáil lost a seat in Stillorgan to return 7 in total and saw a slight reduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Boyhan
Victor Boyhan (born 30 April 1961) is an Irish Independent politician who has served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since April 2016. He is a former member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. He was first elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Blackrock area at the 1999 local elections as a Progressive Democrats candidate. He lost his seat at the 2004 local elections but was re-elected in 2009 and 2014 as an independent candidate. He previously contested the 2011 general election for the constituency of Dún Laoghaire as an independent candidate and the Cultural and Educational Panel at the 2011 Seanad election, both unsuccessfully. Boyhan is a close friend of retired Irish soccer international Paul McGrath with whom he grew up in the “Birds Nest” home on York Road in Dún Laoghaire Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
