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Sligo County Council

*Comhairle Chontae Shligigh*
Sligo County Council ; Comhairle Chontae Shligigh
Type
Type	County council of County Sligo
Leadership
Cathaoirleach	Declan Bree, Ind
Structure
Seats	18
Political groups	Fianna Fáil (6) Fine Gael (4) Sinn Féin (2) Labour (1) PBP–Solidarity (1) Independent Ireland (1) Independent (3)
Elections
Last election	7 June 2024
Motto
	Land of Heart's Desire
Meeting place
	County Hall, Sligo
Website
	sligococo.ie

Sligo County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae Shligigh) is the local authority of County Sligo, 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. The council has 18 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 county administration is headed by a chief executive, Martin Lydon. The county town is Sligo.

History

Originally meetings of Sligo County Council were held at Sligo Courthouse.^[1] The county council moved to modern facilities, known as County Hall (Irish: Áras an Chontae), in June 1979.^[2]

Following the 2015 RTÉ programme Standards in Public Office, in March 2019, Joe Queenan was found by the Standards in Public Office Commission to have contravened the Local Government Act in three different instances, including failure to maintain proper standards of integrity, conduct and concern for the public interest.^[3]

Regional Assembly

Sligo County Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly where they are part of the Border Strategic Planning Area Committee.^[4]

Elections

Members of Sligo 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		FG		FF		SF		PBP		I4C		Lab		UL		ISO		Ind	Total
2024	4		6		2		1		0		1		—		—		4		18
2019	6		5		2		1		1		0		—		—		3		18
2014	3		8		2		1		—		0		1		—		3		18
2009	12		7		1		0		—		2		—		—		3		25
2004	10		10		1		—		—		3		—		—		1		25
1999	11		9		1		—		—		2		—		—		2		25
1991	11		11		0		—		—		0		—		1		2		25
1985	9		11		0		—		—		1		—		1		3		25

Local electoral areas and municipal districts

County Sligo is divided into borough and municipal districts and LEAs, defined by electoral divisions.^[5] The municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former borough of Sligo is referred to as a borough district.^[6]

Municipal District	LEA	Definition	Seats
Borough District of Sligo	Sligo–Strandhill	Knockaree, Sligo East, Sligo North and Sligo West	6
Ballymote–Tobercurry		Achonry East, Achonry West, Aclare, Aghanagh, Annagh, Aughris, Ballymote, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Banada, Branchfield, Breencorragh, Bricklieve, Buncrowey, Carrickbanagher, Carrownaskeagh, Cartron, Castleconor East, Castleconor West, Cloonacool, Cloonoghill, Coolaney, Coolavin, Cuilmore, Dromard East, Dromard West, Dromore, Drumcolumb, Drumfin, Drumrat, Easky East, Easky West, Glendarragh, Kilfree, Kilglass, Killadoon, Killaraght, Kilmacteige, Kilmactranny, Kilshalvy, Kilturra, Lakeview, Leitrim, Lisconny, Loughil, Mullagheruse, Owenmore, Rathmacurkey, Riverstown, Shancough, Skreen, Streamstown, Temple, Templeboy North, Templeboy South, Templevanny, Tobercurry, Toberpatrick East, Toberpatrick West and Toomour	7
Sligo–Drumcliff		Ballintogher East, Ballintogher West, Ballysadare East, Ballysadare West, Calry, Carney, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Collooney, Drumcliff East, Drumcliff West, Glencar, Kilmacowen, Lissadill East, Lissadill North, Lissadill West, Rossinver East and Rossinver West	7

Councillors

2024 seats summary

Party		Seats^[7]
	Fianna Fáil	6
	Fine Gael	4
	Sinn Féin	3
	Labour	1
	PBP–Solidarity	1
	Independent	4

Councillors by electoral area

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

Council members from 2024 election
LEA	Name	Party
Ballymote–Tubbercurry	Paul Taylor		Fianna Fáil
	Joe Queenan		Independent
	Michael Clarke^[a]		Independent
	Dara Mulvey		Fine Gael
	Gerard Mullaney		Fine Gael
	Liam Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Barry Gallagher		Fianna Fáil
Sligo–Drumcliff	Thomas Healy		Sinn Féin
	Edel McSharry		Fianna Fáil
	Thomas Walsh		Fine Gael
	Marie Casserly		Independent
	Dónal Gilroy		Fianna Fáil
Sligo–Strandhill	Declan Bree		Independent
	Tom MacSharry		Fianna Fáil
	Nessa Cosgrove		Labour
	Arthur Gibbons		Sinn Féin
	Fergal Nealon		Fine Gael
	Gino O'Boyle		PBP–Solidarity

Notes

^ Changed party, see table below for details.

Changes in affiliation

Name	LEA	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Michael Clarke	Ballymote–Tubbercurry		Independent		Independent Ireland	17 October 2024^[8]

References

^ "Local Authorities". Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
^ "Model Publication Scheme" (PDF). Sligo County Council. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ Kelly, Fiach (26 March 2019). "Sipo finds against two councillors over RTÉ undercover report". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014, Article 5 and Schedule 3 (S.I. No. 573 of 2014). Signed on 16 December 2014. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 17 April 2023.
^ County of Sligo Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018 (S.I. No. 632 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 11 September 2020.
^ Local Government Reform Act 2014, s. 19: Municipal districts (No. 1 of 2014, s. 19). Enacted on 27 January 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 5 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Live results from the 2024 Local Elections and European Elections | RTÉ".
^ Deering, Paul (17 October 2024). "Sligo Independent councillor to contest general election". Retrieved 17 October 2024.