Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin,which was disestablished in 1994. It is named after the former borough of Dún Laoghaire and the barony of Rathdown. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 233,860 at the time of the 2022 census.
Mary Hanafin is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Tourism,Culture and Sport from 2010 to 2011,Deputy leader of Fianna Fáil from January 2011 to March 2011,Minister for Enterprise,Trade and Innovation from January 2011 to March 2011,Minister for Social and Family Affairs from 2008 to 2011,Minister for Education and Science from 2004 to 2008,Government Chief Whip from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of State for Children from 2000 to 2002. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1997 to 2011.
Donal John Lydon is an Irish psychologist and former politician. He was a Fianna Fáil member of Seanad Éireann from 1987 to 2007,elected on the Labour Panel.
Henry Percy Dockrell was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served for twenty years as a Teachta Dála (TD).
Eugene Alexander Regan is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the European Court of Justice since October 2015. He previously served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2007 to 2011.
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council is the local authority of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown,Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that succeeded the former Dublin County Council on its abolition on 1 January 1994 and one of four councils in the old County Dublin. 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 40 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,Frank Curran. The county town is Dún Laoghaire. It serves a population of approximately 206,260.
Richard Boyd Barrett is an Irish People Before Profit–Solidarity politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2011 general election. Boyd Barrett is a former member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. He is also chair of the Irish Anti-War Movement and has been cited on war issues in the Irish media.
Nessa Maria Vereker Childers is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2019.
John Bailey was an Irish Fine Gael politician who was a member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. He spent 10 years as chairman of the Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
Richard Conroy is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician and businessman. He was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Cultural and Educational Panel in 1977 and served until 1981. He was again elected to the Seanad in 1989 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel and served until 1993. He lost his seat at the 1993 Seanad election,and was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1997 Seanad election.
Mary Mitchell O'Connor is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2017 to 2020 and Minister for Jobs,Enterprise and Innovation from 2016 to 2017. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 2011 to 2020.
Seán Barrett is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2011 to 2016,Minister for Defence and Minister for the Marine from 1995 to 1997,Government Chief Whip from 1982 to 1986 and 1994 to 1995. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1981 to 2002 and 2007 to 2020.
An election to all 40 seats Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections,an increase from 28 at the previous election. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was divided into six local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors from a field of 85 candidates for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Cormac Devlin is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2020 general election.
Gerry Horkan is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel since April 2021,and previously from April 2016 to March 2020.
An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown was divided into six local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Ossian Smyth is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Minister of State since July 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since 2020.
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for European Affairs since 2024. She previously served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 2022 to 2024. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency since the 2020 general election. She has worked as a solicitor and barrister within the public service and also a government special advisor.
Barry Ward is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator on the Industrial and Commercial Panel since April 2020.
An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
