Louth County Council

Local authority of County Louth, Ireland

Louth County Council

Comhairle Contae Lú

Type
Type|

County council

of County Louth

Leadership

Cathaoirleach

Seán Kelly, FF

Structure
Seats| 29

Political groups

Sinn Féin (7)
Fianna Fáil (6)
Fine Gael (6)
Labour (2)
Green (1)
Independent (7)
Elections

Last election

| 7 June 2024
Motto
Irish: Lugh sáimh-ioldánach
"Lugh equally skilled in many arts"
Meeting place
County Hall, Dundalk
Website
Official website
The area governed by the council Louth County Council Area

Louth County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Lú) is the local authority of County Louth, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment.[1] The council has 29 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The current Cathaoirleach is Kevin Callan. The county administration is headed by a chief executive, David Conway. The county town is Dundalk.

## History

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Originally meetings of Louth County Council took place in Dundalk Courthouse.[2][3] A home for the county officials was subsequently established at County Buildings in Crowe Street[4] and both the county council and its officials moved to County Hall in 2000. Up until then administration services in Dundalk were separated into two different buildings, the former Louth Infirmary at The Crescent and in Crowe Street. This rationalisation streamlined services in one building.[5]

Both the crests of Dundalk and County Louth reference the legend of Táin Bó Cúailnge. Louth traces its name from the Celtic god Lú. According to one interpretation of The Táin, Lú's son is the warrior Cú Chulainn, who it is claimed was born in near Dundalk, hence the fates of Dundalk and Louth are always linked together.

## Regional Assembly

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Louth County Council has two representatives on the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly who are part of the Eastern Strategic Planning Area Committee.[6][7]

## Elections

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Members of Louth County Council are elected for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) from multi-member local electoral areas (LEAs).

Year  |  | SF |  | FF |  | FG |  | Lab |  | GP |  | PDs |  | Ind | Total

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2024 | 7  | 6  | 6  | 2  | 1  | —  | 7  | 29
2019 | 7  | 7  | 5  | 3  | 1  | —  | 6  | 29
2014 | 10  | 5  | 7  | 2  | 2  | —  | 3  | 29
2009 | 6  | 5  | 8  | 2  | 1  | —  | 4  | 26
2004 | 5  | 9  | 7  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 26
1999 | 1  | 14  | 7  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 26
1991 | 1  | 12  | 6  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 26
1985 | 1  | 11  | 8  | 2  | 0  | —  | 3  | 26

## Local electoral areas and municipal districts

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County Louth is divided into borough and municipal districts and LEAs, defined by electoral divisions.[8][9] The municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former borough of Drogheda is referred to as a Borough District.[10]

Councillors have regular monthly meetings both as a whole council and within their municipal district. Each municipal district elects its own chair, titled a Cathaoirleach.[11]

Municipal District  | LEA  | Definition  | Seats

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Ardee | Ardee Rural, Ardee Urban, Castlebellingham, Clonkeen, Collon, Darver, Dromin, Drumcar, Dunleer, Dysart, Killanny, Louth, Mansfieldstown, Mullary, Stabannan and Tallanstown | 6
Borough District of Drogheda | Drogheda Rural | Clogher, Monasterboice, St. Peter's and Termonfeckin | 4
Drogheda Urban | Fair Gate, St Lawrence Gate, St. Mary's (part) and West Gate | 6
Dundalk | Dundalk—Carlingford | Ballymascanlan, Carlingford, Drummullagh, Dundalk No. 1 Urban, Dundalk No. 2 Urban, Faughart, Greenore, Jenkinstown, Rathcor, Ravensdale; those parts of the electoral divisions of Castletown, Dundalk Rural, Dundalk No. 3 Urban and Dundalk No. 4 Urban not contained in the local electoral area of Dundalk South | 6
Dundalk South | Barronstown, Castlering, Creggan Upper, Dromiskin, Haggardstown; those parts of the electoral divisions of Castletown and Dundalk Rural south of the R178 (Carrickmacross Road); and those parts of the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 3 Urban and Dundalk No. 4 Urban south of a line drawn as follows: Commencing at the boundary between the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 1 Urban and Dundalk No. 3 Urban at the Carrickmacross Road Bridge and St. Dominick's Place and then proceeding in an easterly direction to the junction of St. Dominick's Place with the roundabout at the Crescent; then proceeding in a clockwise direction around and excluding the said roundabout to its junction with Anne Street; then proceeding in a north-easterly direction along Anne Street to its junction with Park Street; then proceeding in a north easterly direction along Park Street to its junction with Francis Street; then proceeding in a north-easterly direction along Francis Street and Roden Place following the boundary between the electoral divisions of Dundalk No. 1 Urban and Dundalk No. 4 Urban; then proceeding in an easterly direction along Jocelyn Street, Seatown Place and along the road connecting Seatown Place to Barrack Street to reach the junction of said road with the Dundalk Inner Relief Road; then proceeding in a north-westerly projection along the Dundalk Inner Relief Road to its junction with the road at St. Helena; then proceeding along the north-easterly projection of the said road at St. Helena to Dundalk Harbour | 7

## Councillors

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The following were elected at the 2024 Louth County Council election.

### 2024 seats summary

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Party  | Seats

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| Sinn Féin | 7
| Fianna Fáil | 6
| Fine Gael | 6
| Labour | 2
| Green | 1
| Independent | 7

### Councillors by electoral area

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This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 7 June 2024.[12]

Council members from 2024 election

LEA  | Name  | Party
Ardee | Jim Tenanty |  |  Independent
Pearse McGeough |  |  Sinn Féin
Paula Butterly[a] |  |  Fine Gael
John Sheridan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dolores Minogue |  |  Fine Gael
Bernie Conlon |  |  Independent
Drogheda Rural  | Michelle Hall |  |  Labour
Anne-Marie Ford |  |  Fine Gael
Declan Power |  |  Independent
Eric Donovan |  |  Sinn Féin
Drogheda Urban  | Pio Smith |  |  Labour
Joanna Byrne[a] |  |  Sinn Féin
Kevin Callan |  |  Independent
James Byrne |  |  Fianna Fáil
Paddy McQuillan |  |  Independent
Ejiro O'Hare Stratton |  |  Fine Gael
Dundalk–Carlingford | Seán Kelly |  |  Fianna Fáil
Antóin Watters |  |  Sinn Féin
Fiona Mhic Conchoille |  |  Sinn Féin
John Reilly |  |  Fine Gael
Andrea McKevitt |  |  Fianna Fáil
Ciarán Fisher |  |  Independent
Dundalk South  | Maeve Yore |  |  Independent
Robert Nash |  |  Fine Gael
Emma Coffey |  |  Fianna Fáil
Kevin Meenan |  |  Sinn Féin
Sionainn McCann |  |  Sinn Féin
Shane McGuinness |  |  Fianna Fáil
Marianne Butler |  |  Green

Notes

1. ^ a b Replaced during term, see table below for details.

#### Co-options

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Party  | Outgoing  | LEA  | Reason  | Date  | Co-optee

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|  Fine Gael | Paula Butterly | Ardee  | Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election | 18 December 2024  | Rachel Kerley[13]
|  Sinn Féin | Joanna Byrne | Drogheda Urban  | Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election  | 18 December 2024  | Debbie McCole[13]

## Chief executive

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Each council has a chief executive, previously known as city or county manager, who is the manager of the local authority.[14][15][16]

Year  | Title  | Name  | Next position

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2024–present  | Chief Executive  | David Conway[17] |
2014–2024  | Chief executive  | Joan Martin[18] |
2013–2014  | County Manager  | Philomena Poole  | County manager for Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council[19]
2012–2013  | Acting County Manager  | Joan Martin  |
2007–2012  | County Manager  | Conn Murray  | City and County Manager for Limerick Council[20]

Each Chief Executive has a Management Team made up of appointed Directors of Service who head specified Directorates. Under a provision of the Local Government Act the elected members must vote confidence in a new chief executive and also have the power to remove one from office. The Cathaoirleach chairs each monthly meeting as well as meetings of the Corporate Policy Group (CPG) some weeks in advance of the agenda being agreed. Members of the CPG Team include the elected chairpersons of each Strategic Policy Committee (SPC), the Directors of Service and the Meetings Administrator. There are five SPC chairpersons in Louth County Council and Directors of Service serve on each with an agreed workplan. There is also an Audit Committee on which two members are elected to serve together with three appointed members, one of whom will be the independent chairperson. The Audit Committee must always remain independent from the council though publishes minutes and an agreed workplan. The LCDC, made up of four elected members, the Chief Executive of the day, several Directors of Service, several staff members and appointed members from various sectoral interests is similar to a SPC in nature, in actual statute, but does not publish or agree its workplan with the elected members or be scrutinised by the Audit Committee despite having a considerable financial budget.

## Cathaoirleach of the council

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Every year, the local authority elects a chair called the Cathaoirleach (chairperson) for a term of one year and a deputy chair called the Leas-Cathaoirleach from among its members. The members elected for each municipal district elect a Cathaoirleach and a Leas-Chathaoirleach for their grouping. The Cathaoirleach chairs the meetings of the local authority or municipal district. Mayor and Deputy Mayor are titles used in municipal districts which were formerly borough councils.[21][22] Based on population the Dundalk Municipal District is the largest in the state, comprising 13 elected members, but is not designated as a borough district. Following the 2014 legislation it was an option for Dundalk to be also recognised as a borough district on the equivalent standing as her sister town of Drogheda on the legislation drawn up by then Minister for Local Government John Paul Phelan. Despite requests this was not taken up.

Year  | Name  | Party

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2023–2024  | Paula Butterly  |  | Fine Gael
2022–2023  | Conor Keelan  |  | Fianna Fáil
2021–2022  | Pio Smith  |  | Labour
2020–2021  | Dolores Minogue  |  | Fine Gael
2018–2020  | Liam Reilly  |  | Fianna Fáil
2017–2018  | Colm Markey |  | Fine Gael
2016–2017  | Paul Bell  |  | Labour
2015–2016  | Peter Savage (7th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
2014–2015  | Oliver Tully (2nd)  |  | Fine Gael
2013–2014  | Declan Breathnach (2nd)  |  | Fianna Fáil
2012–2013  | Finnan McCoy  |  | Fine Gael
2011–2012  | Oliver Tully (1st)  |  | Fine Gael
2010–2011  | Peter Savage (6th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
2009–2010  | Jim D'Arcy |  | Fine Gael
2008–2009  | Declan Breathnach (1st)  |  | Fianna Fáil
2007–2008  | Jimmy Mulroy |  | Fianna Fáil
2006–2007  | Jim Lennon  |  | Fine Gael
2005–2006  | Peter Savage (5th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
2004–2005  | Terry Brennan |  | Fine Gael
2003–2004  | Nicholas McCabe (8th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
2002–2003  | Jacqui McConville  |  | Fianna Fáil
2001–2002  | Tommy Reilly (2nd)  |  | Fianna Fáil
2000–2001  | Nicholas McCabe (7th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1999–2000  | Peter Savage (4th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1998–1999  | Miċéal O'Donnell (2nd)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1997–1998  | Martin Bellew  |  | Independent
1996–1997  | Tommy Reilly (1st)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1995–1996  | W. Frank Godfrey  |  | Fianna Fáil
1994–1995  | Nicholas McCabe (6th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1993–1994  | Jim Cousins  |  | Progressive Democrats
1992–1993  | Peter Savage (3rd)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1991–1992  | John McConville (2nd)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1990–1991  | Miċéal O'Donnell (1st)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1989–1990  | Nicholas McCabe (5th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1988–1989  | Peter Savage (2nd)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1986–1988  | John McConville (1st)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1985–1986  | Peter Savage (1st)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1983–1985  | Nicholas McCabe (4th)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1982–1983  | Patrick Buckley  |  | Fine Gael
1981–1982  | Nicholas McCabe (3rd)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1980–1981  | Tommy Elmore  |  | Fine Gael
1979–1980  | Nicholas McCabe (2nd)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1976–1979  | Peter J. Moore  |  | Labour
1975–1976  | Patrick J. O'Hare (2nd)  |  | Fine Gael
1974–1975  | Nicholas McCabe (1st)  |  | Fianna Fáil
1973–1974  | Patrick J. O'Hare (1st)  |  | Fine Gael
1967–1973  | Paddy Donegan |  | Fine Gael
1960–1967  | Bernard Rafferty  |  | Fianna Fáil
1958–1960  | William Woods (2nd)  |  | Fine Gael
1957–1958  | Laurence Walsh |  | Fianna Fáil
1955–1957  | William Woods (1st)  |  | Fine Gael
1925–1955  | James McGee |  | Fine Gael
1920–1925  | James Murphy |  | Sinn Féin
1918–1920  | Patrick McGee  |  | Sinn Féin
1913–1918  | William Doran  |  | Irish Nationalist
1899–1913  | Peter Hughes  |  | Independent

## Population by local electoral area

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The table below sets out the population of the county broken down by Local Electoral Area, total 2022 population of 139,703.[23]

LEA  | Population (2016) | Population (2022)  | Seats  | Population per seat

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Drogheda Rural  | 17,876  | 19,845[24] | 4  | 4,961
Drogheda Urban  | 27,656  | 28,537[25] | 6  | 4,756
Dundalk South  | 30,207[26] | 38,195[27] | 7  | 5,457
Dundalk Carlingford  | 25,599[28] | 26,092[29] | 6  | 4,349
Ardee  | 29,026[30] | 27,034[31] | 6  | 4,506

The table below sets out the electorate population of the county broken down by Local Electoral Area.

LEA  | Electorate (2022)  | Seats  | Electorate per seat

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Drogheda Rural  | 14,133[32] | 4  | 3,533
Drogheda Urban  | 19,729[33] | 6  | 3,288
Dundalk South  | 25,691[34] | 7  | 3,670
Dundalk Carlingford  | 20,039[35] | 6  | 3,339
Ardee  | 19,928[36] | 6  | 3,321

## Population by municipal district

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The table below sets out the population of the county broken down by Municipal District, total 2022 population of 139,703.[37]

* Dundalk Municipal District

* Drogheda Municipal District

* Ardee Municipal District

District  | Population (2011) | Population (2016) | Population (2022)  | Seats  | Population per seat

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Dundalk | 53,082 | 55,806[38] | 64,287  | 13  | 4,945
Drogheda  | 41,925  | 44,052[39] | 48,382  | 10  | 4,838
Ardee  | 27,890  | 29,026[40] | 27,034  | 6  | 4,506

## Population by electoral division

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The table below sets out the population of the county broken down by electoral division.[41]

Electoral Division | Population (2006) | Population (2011) | Population (2016)

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Louth | 111,267 | 122,897 | 128,375
Dundalk (Town + Rural) | 51,758 | 56,761 | 59,557
Dundalk Town | 29,037 | 31,149 | 32,288
004 Dundalk Urban No. 1 | 2,190 | 2,148 | 2,169
005 Dundalk Urban No. 2 | 1,211 | 1,169 | 1,140
006 Dundalk Urban No. 3 | 1,400 | 1,449 | 1,710
007 Dundalk Urban No. 4 | 6,183 | 6,039 | 5,970
023 Castletown (Part Urban) | 2,518 | 2,637 | 2,685
027 Dundalk Rural (Part Urban) | 15,440 | 17,620 | 18,514
030 Haggardstown (Part Urban) | 95 | 87 | 100
Dundalk rural area | 22,721 | 25,612 | 27,269
019 Ballymascanlan | 2,016 | 2,213 | 2,206
020 Barronstown | 647 | 744 | 746
021 Carlingford | 1,384 | 1,801 | 2,201
022 Castlering | 935 | 1,012 | 1,034
023 Castletown (Part Rural) | 1,421 | 1,573 | 1,622
024 Creggan Upper | 684 | 787 | 852
025 Darver | 562 | 568 | 678
026 Drummullagh | 1,120 | 1,257 | 1,350
027 Dundalk Rural (Part Rural) | 535 | 540 | 686
028 Faughart | 905 | 991 | 958
029 Greenore | 979 | 1,169 | 1,201
030 Haggardstown (Part Rural) | 5,769 | 6,303 | 6,819
031 Jenkinstown | 948 | 1,173 | 1,277
032 Killanny | 683 | 799 | 825
033 Louth | 1,308 | 1,505 | 1,575
034 Mansfieldstown | 640 | 807 | 855
035 Rathcor | 1,203 | 1,352 | 1,374
036 Ravensdale | 982 | 1,018 | 1,010
Drogheda Borough | 28,973 | 28,576 | 29,471
001 Fair Gate | 9,783 | 9,806 | 10,317
002 St. Laurence Gate | 3,801 | 4,004 | 4,075
003 West Gate | 5,899 | 6,042 | 6,284
041 St. Peter's (Part Urban) | 3,460 | 2,161 | 2,099
047 St. Mary's (Part Urban) | 6,030 | 6,563 | 6,696
Ardee No. 1 rural area | 17,976 | 20,262 | 20,924
008 Ardee Rural | 2,626 | 2,875 | 2,952
009 Ardee Urban | 4,301 | 4,554 | 4,917
010 Castlebellingham | 1,371 | 1,617 | 1,688
011 Clonkeen | 545 | 648 | 675
012 Collon | 1,380 | 1,770 | 1,859
013 Dromin | 535 | 610 | 629
014 Dromiskin | 1,935 | 2,187 | 2,226
015 Drumcar | 1,385 | 1,526 | 1,451
016 Dunleer | 2,340 | 2,796 | 2,868
017 Stabannan | 590 | 620 | 619
018 Tallanstown | 968 | 1,059 | 1,040
Louth rural area | 12,560 | 17,298 | 18,423
037 Clogher | 2,494 | 3,031 | 3,237
038 Dysart | 777 | 918 | 925
039 Monasterboice | 1,164 | 1,342 | 1,365
040 Mullary | 1,528 | 1,723 | 1,754
041 St. Peter's (Part Rural) | 4,022 | 6,990 | 7,605
042 Termonfeckin | 2,575 | 3,294 | 3,537

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* Local Government Act 2019

See also|

* Chief executive
* Local electoral areas
* Local government in Dublin

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