Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin | |
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| Type | |
| Type | County council of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown |
| Leadership | |
| Cathaoirleach | Lettie McCarthy, Labour Party |
| Members | 28 |
| Political groups | Fine Gael (12) Labour Party (8) Fianna Fáil (4) PBPA (2) Independents (2) |
| Elections | |
| Last election | 5 June 2009 |
| Meeting place | |
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| County Hall, Dún Laoghaire | |
| Website | |
| dlrcoco.ie | |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire-Ráth an Dúin) is the local authority for the administrative county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that comprised the former Dublin County Council before its abolition and one of four councils in the Dublin Region. It serves a population of approximately 192,000. The county seat is Dún Laoghaire. Major population centres include Blackrock, Dundrum, Stillorgan, Ballybrack, Killiney and Dalkey. Twenty eight members serve on the council, whose executive management is led by a County Manager, currently Owen Keegan.
Councillors
The county is divided into six Local Electoral Areas (LEAs), each of which elects between 3–6 councillors. They are: Ballybrack (6), Blackrock (4), Dundrum (6), Dún Laoghaire (6), Glencullen/Sandyford (3) and Stillorgan (3).
2009 Seats summary
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 5 June 2009.
Replaced by Jim O'Dea
Controversies
M50 and compensation to Jackson Way Properties
An agreement was reached for Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to compensate Jackson Way Properties by €12,860,700 for the compulsory purchase in October 1998 of its freehold interest in the lands, adjoining the M50 motorway. The Council agreed to pay costs and expenses properly incurred by Jackson Way Properties in relation to preparation and submission of its claim although to date nothing has being paid.
The Award total is broken down as follows:
It is now the view of the Criminal Assets Bureau that €4.2 million of this award represents the present value of corrupt enrichment by the property owners although this view is based on hearsay evidence given by Mr Frank Dunlop.
A company called Paisley Park Investments Ltd were registered as full owners in 1992 and the land was transferred to Jackson Way Properties in 1993, the beneficial owners of which are believed by the CAB to be arcade owner James Kennedy and solicitor John Coldwell.
Criminal Assets Bureau Investigation
The CAB successfully obtained a High Court order on July 26, 2006 freezing land assets of 107 acres (0.43 km) at Carrickmines, County Dublin owned by Jackson Way Properties Ltd and preventing their sale. CAB contended that these lands had been rezoned on December 16, 1997 by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council from agricultural to industrial after Frank Dunlop bribed and made corrupt payments to councillors to secure their support in the rezoning vote. That vote increased the value of just 17 acres (69,000 m) of the property from €8 million to €61 million. CAB has interviewed and taken statements from Frank Dunlop and will use him as a witness against a number of property developers although Mr Dunlop is currently in prison serving a jail sentence for corruption.
The lands in question have been the subject of investigation by The Mahon Tribunal in 2003 and 2004.
The case CAB -V- Jacksonway properties is due for hearing in the High Court Dublin in October 2010 and given the amount of affidavits that have being filed in the case it appears it will be vigorously defended with Jackson Way denying any wrong doing and Mr Kennedy a tax exile currently living in Gibraltar returning to give evidence in the case. Jackson Way have given the court notice that they intend to subpoena Councillors to give evidence.It is worth noting that no councillor to date has been charged with any form of wrongdoing in relation to rezoning
References
External links
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