North Tipperary County Council
North Tipperary County Council Comhairle Contae Thiobraid Árann Thuaidh | |
|---|---|
| County council of North Tipperary | |
| History | |
| Established | 1 April 1899 |
| Disbanded | 1 June 2014 |
| Preceded by | Grand Jury |
| Succeeded by | Tipperary County Council |
| Seats | 21 |
| Elections | |
Last election | 5 June 2009 |
| Meeting place | |
| Civic Offices, Nenagh, Ireland | |
North Tipperary County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Thiobraid Árann Thuaidh) was the local authority of the county of North Tipperary, Ireland, from 1899 to 2014. The head of the council had the title of Cathaoirleach. The county town was Nenagh.
Establishment
North Tipperary County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of Tipperary, North Riding.[1][2] It succeeded the judicial county of the North Riding of County Tipperary, except for the district electoral divisions of Cappagh, Curraheen, and Glengar, which became part of South Tipperary.[3]
Council meetings
Originally North Tipperary County Council held its meetings in Nenagh Courthouse.[4] The county council relocated to a new facility, known as the Civic Offices, in 2005.[5]
Elections
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for the 1920 Irish local elections.[6] Tipperary North Riding was divided into 5 county electoral areas to elect the 20 members of the council.[7]
Under the Local Government Act 2001, North Tipperary County Council was allocated 21 seats.[8] The 2009 North Tipperary County Council election was the last election to the council.[9]
Abolition
On 26 July 2011, Phil Hogan, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, announced the proposed merger of North Tipperary County Council and South Tipperary County Council.[10] Following implementation of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, it was dissolved on 1 June 2014, and succeeded by Tipperary County Council.[11][12]
References
- ^ Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, s. 1: Establishment of county councils (61 & 62 Vict., c. 37 of 1898, s. 1). Enacted on 12 August 1898. Act of the UK Parliament. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ^ Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, s. 124: Commencement of Act (61 & 62 Vict., c. 37 of 1898, s. 124). Enacted on 12 August 1898. Act of the UK Parliament. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ^ "Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions: County of Tipperary, North Riding". 27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd. 9480). Dublin: Local Government Board for Ireland. 1900. pp. 312–315.
- ^ "Local Authorities". Dáil Debates. 335 (1). Houses of the Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Confident new council offices for North Tipp". The Irish Times. 21 July 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 (c. 19)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
- ^ "Appendix: Local Electoral Areas". Annual report of the Local Government Board for Ireland for year 1921. Local Government Board for Ireland. 1921. p. 18.
- ^ Local Government Act 2001, 7th Sch.: Number of members of local authorities (No. 37 of 2001, 7th Sch.). Enacted on 21 July 2001. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ^ "Local Elections 2009 Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "Tipperary's local authorities to be merged". RTÉ News. 26 July 2011.
- ^ Local Government Reform Act 2014, s. 17: Dissolution of certain local authorities (No. 1 of 2014, s. 17). Enacted on 27 January 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ^ Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014). Signed on 22 May 2014 by Phil Hogan, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.