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Dublin City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath in Irish) refers to two different entities. - Since 1 January 2002 it is the name which applies both to the assembly and to the whole system of Dublin government formerly called Dublin Corporation.
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Dublin Corporation is the former name given to the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin between the twelfth century and 1 January 2002. ...
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
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The Assembly
Under the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840, the previous bicameral assembly of a House of Aldermen and a House of Sheriffs and Commons was replaced by a unicameral assembly. The new name Dublin City Council was coined for the unicameral assembly. It was presided over by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the first citizen of the city, an office which had existed since 1665. The first City Council was elected in October 1841, and Daniel O'Connell became the first Lord Mayor under the new system. The Municipal Corporations Act (Ireland) 1840, (3 & 4 Vict. ...
In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ...
The Mansion House The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the symbolic head of the city government in the capital of Ireland. ...
1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Daniel OConnell Daniel OConnell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847) (Irish: Dónal Ó Conaill), known as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was Irelands predominant political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century who championed the cause of the down-trodden Catholic population. ...
The Corporation becomes the Council
 The Civic Offices home of the executive & administrative arm of Dublin City Council. At the start of the 21st century the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Noel Dempsey made minor changes to Irish local government. Among the changes were the abolition of the ancient city corporations. All former borough councils underwent a name-change, with Dublin Corporation assuming the name previously belonging to its assembly. To coincide with its name change, the City Council adopted a new logo and brand identity, based on a simplified version of the ancient "three castles" symbol. Civic Offices on Wood Quay in Dublin. ...
Civic Offices on Wood Quay in Dublin. ...
The 21st century is the present century of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Noel Dempsey (born January 1953), is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. ...
Structures of City Government Irish cities do not possess one single chief executive. Instead power is split between the council and an appointed executive official known as the Manager.
City Manager The Dublin City Manager is the key executive in the council. He presides over its staff of 6,200. The City Manager and the city's executive and administrative staff are based in the Civic Offices on Wood Quay. Wood Quay is a riverside area of Dublin that was one of the most important sites of Viking settlement in the city. ...
The Lord Mayor - Main article: Lord Mayor of Dublin
The Lord Mayor of Dublin performs two distinct functions. He or she is The Mansion House The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the symbolic head of the city government in the capital of Ireland. ...
Mansion House, Dublin. ...
Mansion House, Dublin. ...
The Mansion House The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the symbolic head of the city government in the capital of Ireland. ...
The Mansion House The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the symbolic head of the city government in the capital of Ireland. ...
- chair of the Council;
- symbolic and ceremonial head of the city government.
The scale of the actual power exercised by the Lord Mayor depends on the personality of the holder of the office. While longterm mayor Alfie Byrne was able by force of personality and reputation to influence and shape the development of the city, some other Lords Mayor have had little impact other than chairing the City Council. In 2002 legislation was passed by the Oireachtas whereby the Lord Mayoralty would become a directly elected office from 2004. However, further legislation in 2003 abandoned this provision and the mayor continues to be elected annually by the City Councillors. Alfie Byrne (1882 - 1956) was an Irish Independent politician. ...
The Oireachtas is the National Parliament of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
The Lord Mayor's official residence is the Mansion House. The Mansion House on Dawson Street, Dublin, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and has been since 1715. ...
Dublin City Council
 Dublin City Hall headquarters of the legislative and policy arm of Dublin City Council While also referring to the overall city government, Dublin City Council also refers to the city assembly. That assembly is made up of 52 members. Members are elected using Proportional Representation using the Single Transferable Vote, every five years from Local Election Areas. The party or group of parties which win the majority of seats control the City Council agenda, deciding who sits on what committee, what policies are followed, and who becomes the Lord Mayor. uploading image of Dublin City Hall. ...
uploading image of Dublin City Hall. ...
The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preference voting system designed to minimise wasted votes in multi-candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. ...
Dublin City Council has thirteen Local Electoral Areas(LEAs). ...
The City Council meets in plenary session on the first Monday of every month in Dublin City Hall. Plenary is an adjective related to the noun, plenum carrying a general connotation of fullness. ...
Dublin City Hall 18th Century view of the Royal Exchange one of Maltons views of Dublin The City Hall, Dublin, originally the Royal Exchange, was built between 1769 and 1779 and is a particularly fine example of 18th century architecture. ...
One of the Council's most important roles is that of passing an annual budget. Should any Irish council fail to pass a budget within the allotted time, the Minister for the Environment is empowered to abolish it and grant its powers to a commissioner until the next scheduled council elections. Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. ...
Current party strengths on the Council Following the Irish local elections, 2004 the Council was made up of the following: Local elections were held in all the counties and county boroughs of Ireland on June 11, 2004, on the same day as the European elections. ...
Following the election, Labour, Fine Gael, and the Greens, holding exactly half of the Council seats, formed a "Democratic Alliance" and agreed on a broad policy programme for the new Council term, dubbed the Democratic Charter for Dublin. A side-deal with the Progressive Democrat member allowed this grouping to elect Michael Conaghan of Labour as Lord Mayor in its first year, with Fine Gael's Catherine Byrne holding the post for 2005. However the suspension by Fine Gael of one of their Councillors, Niamh Cosgrave led to a tied vote in 2006, with Independent councillor Vincent Jackson eventually being selected by lot, having been supported by Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the independents. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; (mistranslated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though a literal translation is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland),¹ is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ...
Fine Gael (IPA: , though often anglicized to (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) and officially, Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party, is the second largest political party in Ireland, presently forming the largest opposition party in the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament), and claims a membership of over 34,000. ...
Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ...
The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. ...
The Progressive Democrats (in Irish An Páirtà Daonlathach, literal back-translation: The Democratic Party) is a free market liberal party in the Republic of Ireland founded in 1985. ...
Catherine Byrne is a stage and film actress. ...
Vincent Jackson (born January 14, 1983 in Fort Polk, Louisiana) is an American football wide receiver that played college football at the University of Northern Colorado. ...
Name usage Though the 2001 Act abolished the name Dublin Corporation the name is still widely used in preference to Dublin City Council, as is the title Alderman previously held by those who topped the poll individual wards and which was also supposedly to have disappeared under the Act.
Council buildings
Mansion House The Lord Mayor's official residence is the Mansion House, which first became the residence of the Lord Mayor in 1715. The Mansion House on Dawson Street, Dublin, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and has been since 1715. ...
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Dublin City Hall Council meetings take place in the headquarters at Dublin City Hall. Formerly Royal Exchange, the City Hall is one of Dublin's finest buildings and located on Dame Street. It was built to the winning design of Thomas Cooley. In an architectural competition, James Gandon was the runner-up with a scheme that many people favoured. The building was taken over for city government use in the 1850s. Dublin City Hall 18th Century view of the Royal Exchange one of Maltons views of Dublin The City Hall, Dublin, originally the Royal Exchange, was built between 1769 and 1779 and is a particularly fine example of 18th century architecture. ...
The Four Courts by James Gandon James Gandon (1743 -1823) is today recognised as one of the leading late 18th century, early 19th century architects to have worked in Ireland. ...
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Civic offices Much of the council's administrative staff are based in the Civic Offices on Wood Quay. These offices are built on top of what had been one of the best preserved Viking sites in the world. The Corporation's (as it was then) decision to bulldoze the historic site proved one of the most controversial in modern Irish history, with thousands of people, including medieval historian Fr. F.X. Martin and Senator Mary Robinson (later President of Ireland) marching to try to stop the destruction. The destruction of the site on Wood Quay and the building of a set of offices known as The Bunkers (because of their appearance) is generally seen as one of the most disastrous acts against Ireland's heritage since independence, with even Dublin Corporation admitting subsequently that it was ashamed of its action. Originally, there were to be four of these 'bunkers' built but only two were ever completed. Instead the river frontage is a less brutal office block designed by the firm Scott Tallon Walker. Completed in 1994, it boasts a leafy atrium and fine views from many of its offices. Wood Quay is a riverside area of Dublin that was one of the most important sites of Viking settlement in the city. ...
The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne explorers, traders, and warriors of the Norsemen who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ...
Mary Robinson (Irish name Máire Mhic RóibÃn; born 21 May 1944) was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. ...
Functions of Dublin City Council
Public Housing
Traffic Management
Refuse Services
Drainage
Driver and Vehicle Licencing
Planning
Income and Expenditure
Income
Expenditure
See also Local government in the Republic of Ireland is governed by the Local Government Acts, the most recent of which (Local Government Act 2001) established a two-tier structure of local government. ...
External links - Dublin City Council website
- Local Government Act, 2001
- History of Dublin City Council
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