Roscommon County Council

Roscommon County Council Comhairle Contae Ros Comáin

Type
Type	County council
Leadership
Cathaoirleach	Paddy Kilduff, FF
Structure
Seats	18

Political groups	Fianna Fáil (8) Fine Gael (3) Sinn Féin (1) Independents (6)
Elections
Last election	23 May 2014
Meeting place
Roscommon Courthouse, Roscommon
Website
www.roscommoncoco.ie

The area governed by the council

Roscommon County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Ros Comáin) is the authority responsible for local government in County Roscommon, 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 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, Eugene Cummins. The county town is Roscommon town.

Councillors

For the purpose of elections the county is divided into three local electoral areas: Athlone (Roscommon) (6), Boyle (6) and Roscommon (6).^[2]

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.^[3]

Council members from 2014 election
Local electoral area	Name	Party
Athlone (Roscommon)	Tony Ward		Independent
	Ivan Connaughton		Fianna Fáil
	John Naughten		Fine Gael
	John Keogh		Fianna Fáil
	Laurence Fallon		Independent
	Paddy Kilduff		Fianna Fáil
Boyle	John Cummins		Fianna Fáil
	Valerie Byrne		Independent
	Michael Mulligan		Sinn Féin
	Eugene Murphy		Fianna Fáil
	Rachel Doherty		Fianna Fáil
	Maura Hopkins		Fine Gael
Roscommon	Paschal Fitzmaurice		Fianna Fáil
	Orla Leyden		Fianna Fáil
	Kathleen Shanagher		Independent
	Dominic Connolly		Independent
	Michael Creaton		Fine Gael
	Nigel Dineen		Independent

Local government in the Republic of Ireland

County councils	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Fingal Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo South Dublin Tipperary Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

City councils	Cork Dublin Galway

City and County councils	Limerick Waterford

Acts	Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840 Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 Local Government Act 1925 Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 Local Government Act 2001 Local Government Reform Act 2014

See also	Chief executive Municipal districts Regional Assemblies in Ireland

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