Type City council Seats 31 | Lord Mayor Des Cahill, FG Last election 23 May 2014 | |
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Political groups Council Control (18)
Fianna Fáil (10)
Sinn Féin (8)
Council Opposition (13)
Fine Gael (5)
AAA-PBP (3)
Workers Party (1)
Independent (4) | ||
Cork City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí) is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Cork in Ireland. As a city 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 31 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the honorific title of Lord Mayor of Cork. The city administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Ann Doherty. The council meets at Cork City Hall. The 2015 Cork Local Government Review has recommended merging Cork City Council and Cork County Council into a single "super council", within which a metropolitan district council will govern the Metropolitan Cork area; however, a minority report opposes the merger.
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Councillors
Prior to the enactment of the 2001 Act, the council was known as Cork Corporation. For the purpose of elections the city is divided into six local electoral areas: Cork North Central (5), Cork North East (4), Cork North West (4), Cork South Central (5), Cork South East (7) and Cork South West (6).
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.