S.I. No. 506/2008 - County of Louth Local Electoral Areas Order 2008
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S.I. No. 506 of 2008
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COUNTY OF LOUTH LOCAL ELECTORAL AREAS ORDER 2008
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th December, 2008.
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The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 24 of the Local Government Act 1994 (No. 8 of 1994), hereby orders as follows:
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1. This order may be cited as the County of Louth Local Electoral Areas Order 2008.
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2. (1) The County of Louth shall be divided into the local electoral areas which are named in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.
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(2) Each such local electoral area shall consist of the area described in the second column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of such local electoral area.
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(3) The number of members of Louth County Council to be elected for each such local electoral area shall be the number set out in the third column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of that local electoral area.
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3. Every reference in the Schedule to this Order to an electoral division, town or townland shall be construed as referring to such electoral division, town or townland as existing at the date of this Order.
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4. In this Order "the Borough of Drogheda" means the Borough of Drogheda as altered for the purposes of local elections by the Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 114 of 1994 ) and references to the borough boundary shall be construed accordingly.
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5. (1) A reference in the Schedule to this Order to a line drawn along any road, street, place, crescent or bridge shall be construed as a reference to an imaginary line drawn along the centre of such road, street, place, crescent or bridge.
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(2) A reference in the Schedule to this Order to the point at which any road, street, place, crescent, bridge, boundary or imaginary projection intersects or joins any other road, street, place, crescent, bridge, boundary or imaginary projection shall be construed as a reference to the point at which an imaginary line drawn along the centre of such road, street, place, crescent, bridge or, in the case of a boundary or imaginary projection, along the boundary or projection, would be intersected or joined by an imaginary line drawn along the centre of the other road, street, place, crescent, bridge or, in the case of a boundary or imaginary projection, along the boundary or projection.
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6. The County of Louth Local Electoral Areas Order 1998 ( S.I. No. 369 of 1998 ) is hereby revoked.
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SCHEDULE
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Name of Local Electoral Area
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Description ofLocal Electoral Area
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Number of Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area
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Ardee
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The electoral divisions of Ardee Rural, Ardee Urban, Castlebellingham, Clonkeen, Collon, Darver, Dromin, Dromiskin, Drumcar, Dunleer, Killanny, Louth, Mansfieldstown, Stabannan, Tallanstown.
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5
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Drogheda East
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That part of the borough of Drogheda situated north and east of a line drawn as follows:commencing at the intersection of the southern boundary of the borough by the Dublin Road (R132); thence commencing in a north-westerly direction and proceeding along Dublin Road and James Street to the intersection of James Street with the approach road to the Bridge of Peace (R132); thence commencing in a south-westerly direction along the said road to its intersection with Rathmullen Road; thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the road which links the said approach road with the Bridge of Peace and along the Bridge of Peace, George’s Street, North Road and the Drogheda-Belfast Road (R132) to the intersection of the last-mentioned road by the northern boundary of the borough;the electoral divisions of Clogher, Dysart, Mullary, Termonfeckin;and those parts of the electoral divisions of Monasterboice and St. Peter’s situated north and east of
a line drawn along the Drogheda-Belfast Road (R132).
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6
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Drogheda West
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That part of the borough of Drogheda not included in the local electoral area of Drogheda East;and those parts of the electoral divisions of Monasterboice and St. Peters not situated in the local electoral area of Drogheda East.
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Dundalk Carlingford
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That part of the town of Dundalk situated north of a line drawn as follows:commencing at the intersection of the western boundary of the town by the Carrickmacross Road; thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along Carrickmacross Road, Carrickmacross Road Bridge and St. Dominick’s Place to the intersection of St. Dominick’s Place with the Crescent; thence in a north-easterly direction along the Crescent to its intersection with Anne Street, passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding the roundabout at the Crescent; thence in a north-easterly direction along Anne Street to its intersection with Park Street; thence in a north-easterly direction along Park Street and Francis Street to its intersection with Roden Place; thence in a north-easterly direction along Roden Place, Jocelyn Street and Seatown Place to the intersection of Seatown Place with the Dundalk Inner Relief Road; thence in a north-westerly projection along the
Dundalk Inner Relief Road to its intersection by the imaginary north-easterly projection of the road known as St. Helena; thence in a north-easterly direction along the said imaginary projection to its intersection by the eastern boundary of the town in Dundalk Harbour; the electoral divisions of Ballymascanlan, Carlingford, Drummullagh, Faughart, Greenore, Jenkinstown, Rathcor, Ravensdale; that part of the electoral division of Castletown situated north of a line drawn along the Dundalk - Carrickmacross Road (R178);and the townlands of Ballynahittin, Balriggan, Carn Beg, Carn More, Glebe, Redcow, Sportsman’s Hall, in the electoral division of Dundalk Rural.
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Dundalk South
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That part of the town of Dundalk not included in the local electoral area of Dundalk Carlingford;the electoral divisions of Barronstown, Castlering, Creggan Upper, Haggardstown; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Castletown and Dundalk Rural not included in the local electoral area of Dundalk Carlingford.
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GIVEN under my Official Seal,
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27 November 2008
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JOHN GORMLEY,
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Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
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The effect of this Order is to amend the division of County Louth into local electoral areas and to fix the number of members of Louth County Council to be elected for each such area.
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