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Cork County Council
Comhairle Contae ChorcaíType Type County Council Leadership Cathaoirleach Jim Daly, Fine Gael Members 48 Political groups Fine Gael (22)
Fianna Fáil (13)
Labour Party (6)
Sinn Féin (1)
Independents (6)Elections Last election 5 June 2009 Meeting place 
Cork County Hall Website corkcoco.ie 
The area governed by the council
Cork County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Chorcaí) is the local authority which is responsible for County Cork in Ireland. The Council is responsible for Housing and Community, Roads and Transportation, Urban planning and Development, Amenity and Culture, and Environment. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach or "Chairperson". The county seat is at Cork County Hall, Cork.
The county council is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The county is divided into ten local electoral areas and has 48 councillors who are elected every five years by single transferable vote. The county administration is headed by a county manager, currently Martin Riordan.
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Councillors
For the purpose of elections Cork is divided into ten local electoral areas: Bandon (3), Bantry (5), Blarney (4), Carrigaline (6), Fermoy (4), Kanturk (4), Macroom (4), Mallow (5) Midleton (6), and Skibbereen (7).[1]
2009 Seats summary
Party Seats Fine Gael 22 Fianna Fáil 12 Labour Party 7 Sinn Féin 1 Independents 6 Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 5 June 2009.
Council members from 2009 election Local Electoral Area Name Party Bandon Alan Coleman Fianna Fáil Kevin Murphy Fine Gael Veronica Neville Fine Gael Bantry Mary Hegarty Fine Gael Danny Crowley Fianna Fáil Dermot Sheehan Fine Gael Patrick Murphy Fianna Fáil Noel Harrington† Fine Gael Blarney John Gilroy† Labour Party Gerry Kelly Fine Gael Pat Burton Fine Gael Dan Fleming Fianna Fáil Carrigaline Seamus McGrath Fianna Fáil Deirdre Forde Fine Gael Tim Lombard Fine Gael Paula Desmond Labour Party John A. Collins Fine Gael David Boyle Independent Fermoy Kevin O'Keefe Fianna Fáil Pa O'Driscoll Fine Gael Noel McCarthy Labour Party Frank O'Flynn Fianna Fáil Kanturk Tim Collins Independent Gerard Murphy Fine Gael Noel Buckley Fine Gael Gary Carville Fianna Fáil Macroom Michael Creed Fine Gael Derry Canty Fine Gael Martin Coughlan Labour Party Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil Mallow Dan Joe Fitzgerald Fianna Fáil Ronan Sheehan Labour Party John Paul O'Shea Independent Noel O'Connor Fine Gael Tom Barry† Fine Gael Midleton Michael Hegarty Fine Gael John Mulvihill Labour Party Noel Collins Independent Barbara Murray Fine Gael Sandra McLellan† Sinn Féin Sean O'Connor Independent Skibbereen Jim Daly† Fine Gael Declan Hurley Independent Brendan Leahy Labour Party John O'Sullivan Fine Gael Adrian Healy Fine Gael Donal F. O'Rourke Fianna Fáil Christopher O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil † Tom Barry, Noel Harrington, Jim Daly and Sandra McLellan were elected to Dáil Éireann in February 2011. Their seats became vacant and will be filled by co-option.
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