Sligo County Council
Sligo County Council is the local authority of County Sligo, 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. The council has 18 members elected for a five-year term by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach. The county administration is headed by a chief executive, Martin Lydon. The county town is Sligo.
History
Sligo County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Sligo. It succeeded the judicial county of Sligo, except for the district electoral divisions of Ardnaree North, Ardnaree South Urban, and Ardnaree South Rural, which were transferred to County Mayo.Originally meetings of Sligo County Council were held at Sligo Courthouse. The county council moved to modern facilities, known as County Hall, in June 1979.
Following the 2015 RTÉ programme Standards in Public Office, in March 2019, Joe Queenan was found by the Standards in Public Office Commission to have contravened the Local Government Act in three different instances, including failure to maintain proper standards of integrity, conduct and concern for the public interest.
Regional Assembly
Sligo County Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly where they are part of the Border Strategic Planning Area Committee.Elections
The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote for the 1920 Irish local elections. County Sligo was divided into 4 county electoral areas to elect the 20 members of the council. This electoral system has been retained, with 18 members of Sligo County Council now elected for a five-year term of office from 3 multi-member local electoral areas.Local electoral areas and municipal districts
County Sligo is divided into borough and municipal districts and LEAs, defined by electoral divisions. The municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former borough of Sligo is referred to as a borough district.Councillors
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 7 June 2024.;Notes