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{{Short description|Local authority Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in Ireland}}
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{{Infobox legislature
| name               = Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown<br>County Council
| native_name        = {{lang|ga|Comhairle Contae<br>Dhún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin}}
| coa_pic            = Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown COA.svg
| coa_res            = 100px
| logo_pic           = Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council.svg
| logo_res           = 200px
| house_type         = County council
| body               =
| motto              = {{lang-ga|Ó Chuan go Sliabh}}<br/>"From Harbour to Mountain"
| leader1_type       = [[Cathaoirleach (local government)|Cathaoirleach]]
| leader1            = Denis O'Callaghan
| party1             = [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Lab]]
| election1          =
| members            = 40
| structure1         = Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council composition.svg
| structure1_res     = 260px
| political_groups1  = 
*{{color box|{{party color|Fine Gael}}|border=darkgray}} [[Fine Gael]] (13) 
*{{Color box|{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}|border=darkgray}} [[Fianna Fáil]] (7)
*{{color box|{{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] (6) 
*{{color box|{{party color|Green Party (Ireland)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]] (6) 
*{{color box|{{party color|People Before Profit–Solidarity}}|border=darkgray}} [[People Before Profit–Solidarity|PBP–Solidarity]] (1) 
*{{Color box|{{party color|Social Democrats  (Ireland)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Social Democrats (Ireland)|Social Democrats]] (1)
*{{color box|{{party color|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician (Ireland)|Independent]] (6)
| last_election1     = [[2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election|24 May 2019]]
| session_room       = County Hall, Dun Laoghaire - 2018.jpg
| session_res        =
| meeting_place      = [[County Hall, Dún Laoghaire|County Hall]], [[Dún Laoghaire]]
| website            = {{official website}}
| footnotes          =
}}
[[File:Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Ireland.svg|thumb|235px|Location of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Ireland]]
'''Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council''' ({{lang-ga|Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin}}) is the authority responsible for [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|local government]] in the [[Counties of Ireland|county]] of [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]], [[Republic of Ireland|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 [[transport]]ation, [[urban planning]] and development, amenity and [[culture]], and [[natural environment|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 (local government)|Cathaoirleach]] (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a [[Chief executive (Irish local government)|Chief Executive]], Frank Curran. The [[county town]] is [[Dún Laoghaire]]. It serves a population of approximately 206,260.

==History==
The Council of the electoral County of [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]] was established in 1985 with 28 members.<ref>{{cite ISB|year=1985|number=7|section=13|stitle=Establishment, membership and election of councils of established electoral counties|name=Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985|date=3 April 1985}}</ref> Its members also sat as members of [[Dublin County Council]] and members from three electoral areas were also the members of Dún Laoghaire Corporation.<ref>{{cite ISB|year=1985|number=7|section=16|stitle=Continuation of Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire Corporation|name=Local Government (Reorganisation) Act 1985|date=3 April 1985}}</ref>

On 1 January 1994, under the [[Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993]], County Dublin and the [[Borough of Dún Laoghaire]] ceased to exist with the new county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown succeeding in the area of the electoral county. Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire Corporation also ceased to exist and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council came into being.<ref>{{cite ISB|type=si|year=1993|number=400|name=Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 Commencement Order 1993 |date=22 December 1993|access-date=9 December 2021|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019213923/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/si/400/made/en/print}}</ref><ref>{{cite ISB|year=num=1993|num=31|section=9|title=[[Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993]] |stitle=Establishment and boundaries of administrative counties|date=21 December 1993|website=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062609/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act/31/section/9/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The two sides of the county have distinct histories in terms of local government structures. On the [[Dún Laoghaire]] side of the county, the Borough of Dún Laoghaire had been established by the [[Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930]] as a successor body to [[Urban district (Ireland)|urban districts]] of [[Dún Laoghaire]], [[Blackrock, Dublin|Blackrock]], [[Dalkey]], and [[Killiney and Ballybrack]].<ref>{{cite ISB|year=1930|number=27|section=3|name=[[Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930]]|stitle=Formation of the Borough of Dun Laoghaire|date=17 July 1930|website=Irish Statute Book|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918114415/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1930/act/27/section/3/enacted/en/html}}</ref> A Board of Town Commissioners for Kingstown had been established in 1834 and were subsequently renamed the Kingstown Urban District Council and then Dún Laoghaire Urban District Council. On the Rathdown side of the county, Rathdown No. 1 Rural District Council was established under the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]]. Rathdown No. 1 Rural District Council was abolished by the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930.<ref>{{cite ISB|year=1930|number=27|section=82|name=Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930|stitle=Abolition of rural district councils in the County|date=17 July 1930|website=Irish Statute Book|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628070313/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1930/act/27/section/82/enacted/en/html}}</ref>

On its formation, the [[County Hall, Dún Laoghaire|Town Hall]] in Dún Laoghaire became the headquarters of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council.<ref name=countyname>{{cite ISB|year=1993|number=31|section=9|name=[[Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993]]|stitle=Establishment and boundaries of administrative counties|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530062609/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act/31/section/9/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was subsequently renamed County Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dun-laoghaire-town-hall-revamp-13999239|title=Dun Laoghaire town hall revamp to cost taxpayer a cool €3m|date=5 December 2013|publisher=Dublin Live|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101100136/https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dun-laoghaire-town-hall-revamp-13999239|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Local Government Act 2001]] reformed the two-tier structure of local government. It confirmed the size of the council as 28 members.<ref>{{cite ISB|title=[[Local Government Act 2001]]|year=2001|number=37|schedno=7|stitle=Number of members of local authorities|date=21 July 2001}}</ref> Under the [[Local Government Reform Act 2014]], the size of the council was increased to 40 members as part of a nationwide reallocation of local authority membership numbers.<ref>{{cite ISB|title=Local Government Reform Act 2014|year=2014|number=1|section=15|stitle=Number of members of local authorities|date=27 January 2014}}</ref>

==Regional Assembly==
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council has three representatives on the [[Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly]] who are part of the Dublin Strategic Planning Area Committee.<ref>{{cite ISB|year=2014|type=si|number=573|name=Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014|date=16 December 2014|access-date=30 April 2023|provision=Article 5 and Schedule 3}}</ref>

==Local electoral areas==
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council has 40 seats, which is divided into the following seven [[local electoral area]]s, defined by [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral division]]s.<ref>{{cite ISB|year=2018|type=si|number=615|name=County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Local Electoral Areas Order 2018|date=19 December 2018|access-date=9 February 2019|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510105418/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/615/made/en/print}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://data.smartdublin.ie/dataset/local-electoral-areas|title=Local Electoral Areas DLR|website=Smart Dublin}}</ref> These are defined by [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral division]]s which were defined in 1986, with minor amendments in 1994.<ref>{{cite ISB|title=Dublin County (District Electoral Divisions) Regulations 1986|year=1986|number=13|type=si|signedby=Liam Kavanagh, Minister for the Environment|date=20 January 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite ISB|title=Dublin County (District Electoral Divisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1994|year=1994|number=106|type=si|signedby=Michael Smith, Minister for the Environment|date=29 April 1994}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!LEA
!Definition
!Seats
|-
|[[Blackrock, Dublin|Blackrock]]||Blackrock-Booterstown, Blackrock-Carysfort, Blackrock-Central, Blackrock-Glenomena, Blackrock-Newpark, Blackrock-Seapoint, Blackrock-Templehill, Blackrock-Williamstown, Foxrock-Beechpark, Foxrock-Deansgrange, Stillorgan-Priory; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Blackrock-Monkstown and Blackrock-Stradbrook situated west of a line drawn along Stradbrook Road.|||6
|-
|[[Dundrum, Dublin|Dundrum]]||Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney; that part of the electoral division of Ballinteer-Marley situated north of a line drawn along Grange Road;that part of the electoral division of Dundrum-Balally situated north of a line drawn along Blackthorn Drive;and that part of the electoral division of Dundrum-Sandyford situated north of a line drawn as follows: Commencing at the intersection, at the south-eastern corner of the electoral division of Ballinteer-Ludford, of the southern boundary of the electoral division of Ballinteer-Ludford and the western boundary of the electoral division of Dundrum-Sandyford; thence proceeding in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of the grounds of Gort Mhuire to the point where it meets Ballawley Park; thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the northern boundary of the said park to its intersection with the eastern boundary of the electoral division of Dundrum-Sandyford.||7
|-
|[[Dún Laoghaire]]||Cabinteely-Pottery, Dalkey-Bullock, Dalkey-Coliemore, Dalkey Hill, Dalkey Upper, Dun Laoghaire-East Central, Dun Laoghaire-Glasthule, Dun Laoghaire-Glenageary, Dun Laoghaire-Monkstown Farm, Dun Laoghaire-Mount Town, Dun Laoghaire-Sallynoggin East, Dun Laoghaire-Sallynoggin South, Dun Laoghaire-Sallynoggin West, Dun Laoghaire-Salthill, Dun Laoghaire-Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire-West Central; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Blackrock-Monkstown and Blackrock-Stradbrook not contained in the local electoral area of Blackrock.||7
|-
|[[Glencullen]]–[[Sandyford]]||Ballinteer-Woodpark, Glencullen, Tibradden; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Ballinteer-Marley, Dundrum-Balally and Dundrum-Sandyford not contained in the local electoral area of Dundrum.||7
|-
|[[Killiney]]–[[Shankill, Dublin|Shankill]]||Ballybrack, Cabinteely-Granitefield, Cabinteely-Kilbogget, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Dalkey-Avondale, Killiney North, Killiney South, Shankill-Rathmichael, Shankill-Rathsallagh and Shankill-Shanganagh.||7
|-
|[[Stillorgan]]||Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Merville and Stillorgan-Mount Merrion.||6
|}

==Councillors==
===2019 seats summary===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|- 
!colspan=2|Party
!Seats
|-
| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
|align="right"|13
|-
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|align="right"|7
|-
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|align="right"|6
|-
| {{party name with colour|Green Party (Ireland)}}
|align="right"|6
|-
| {{party name with colour|People Before Profit–Solidarity}}
|align="right"|2
|-
| {{party name with colour|Social Democrats (Ireland)}}
|align="right"|1
|-
| {{party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|align="right"|5
|}

===Councillors by electoral area===
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/local_elections_2014_results_book.pdf|website=[[Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government]]|title=Local Elections 2014: Results|access-date=9 February 2019|pages=114–127|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024014453/https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/local_elections_2014_results_book.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Multi seat members begin
|constituency = Local electoral area
|title        = Council members from [[2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election|2019 election]]
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Blackrock, Dublin|Blackrock]]
|seats   = 6
|member1 = Séafra Ó Faoláin{{efn|name=coopt}}
|party1  = Green Party (Ireland)
|member2 = Marie Baker
|party2  = Fine Gael
|member3 = [[Mary Hanafin]]
|party3  = Fianna Fáil
|member4 = [[Barry Ward (politician)|Barry Ward]]{{efn|name=coopt|Replaced during term, see [[#Co-options|table]] below for details.}}
|party4  = Fine Gael
|member5 = Kate Feeney
|party5  = Fianna Fáil
|member6 = Deirdre Kingston{{efn|name=coopt}}
|party6  = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Dundrum, Dublin|Dundrum]]
|seats   = 7
|member1 = Daniel Dunne
|party1  = Green Party (Ireland)
|member2 = Seán McLoughlin
|party2  = Independent politician (Ireland)
|member3 = Shay Brennan
|party3  = Fianna Fáil
|member4 = Anna Grainger
|party4  = Fine Gael
|member5 = Peter O'Brien
|party5  = Labour Party (Ireland)
|member6 = Jim O’Leary
|party6  = Fine Gael
|member7 = Anne Colgan
|party7  = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Dún Laoghaire]]
|seats   = 7
|member1 = [[Ossian Smyth]]{{efn|name=coopt}}
|party1  = Green Party (Ireland)
|member2 = [[Cormac Devlin]]{{efn|name=coopt}}
|party2  = Fianna Fáil
|member3 = Juliet O'Connell
|party3  = Labour Party (Ireland)
|member4 = [[John Bailey (Irish politician)|John Bailey]]{{efn|name=coopt}}
|party4  = Fine Gael
|member5 = Melisa Halpin{{efn|name=PBPSOL|Solidarity–People Before Profit was renamed as People Before Profit–Solidarity in June 2021.}}
|party5  = Solidarity–People Before Profit
|member6 = Lorraine Hall
|party6  = Fine Gael
|member7 = Dave Quinn
|party7  = Social Democrats (Ireland)
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Glencullen]]–[[Sandyford]]
|seats   = 7
|member1 = Lettie McCarthy
|party1  = Labour Party (Ireland)
|member2 = Deirdre Ní Fhloinn{{efn|name=coopt}}
|party2  = Green Party (Ireland)
|member3 = Michael Fleming 
|party3  = Independent politician (Ireland)
|member4 = Emma Blain
|party4  = Fine Gael
|member5 = Tom Murphy
|party5  = Fianna Fáil
|member6 = Lynsey McGovern
|party6  = Independent politician (Ireland)
|member7 = Kazi Ahmed
|party7  = Fine Gael
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Killiney]]–[[Shankill, Dublin|Shankill]]
|seats   = 7
|member1 = Una Power
|party1  = Green Party (Ireland)
|member2 = Carrie Smyth
|party2  = Labour Party (Ireland)
|member3 = [[Jennifer Carroll MacNeill]]{{efn|name=coopt}}
|party3  = Fine Gael
|member4 = Hugh Lewis{{efn|name=PBPSOL}}{{efn|name=change|Changed party, see [[#Changes in affiliation|table]] below for details.}}
|party4  = Solidarity–People Before Profit
|member5 = Jim Gildea
|party5  = Fine Gael
|member6 = Denis O'Callaghan
|party6  = Labour Party (Ireland)
|member7 = Michael Clark
|party7  = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Multi seat constituency
|name    = [[Stillorgan]]
|seats   = 6
|member1 = Barry Saul
|party1  = Fine Gael
|member2 = Eva Elizabeth Dowling
|party2  = Green Party (Ireland)
|member3 = Maeve O'Connell
|party3  = Fine Gael
|member4 = Dónal Smith
|party4  = Fianna Fáil
|member5 = Deirdre Donnelly
|party5  = Independent politician (Ireland)
|member6 = John Kennedy
|party6  = Fine Gael
}}
{{end}}
;Notes
{{notelist}}

====Co-options====
{{Council co-option begin}}
{{Council co-option
|party     = Fine Gael
|outgoing  = [[John Bailey (Irish politician)|John Bailey]]
|elec_area = Dún Laoghaire
|reason    = Death
|date      = July 2019
|cooptee   = Mary Fayne
}}
{{Council co-option
|party     = Green Party (Ireland)
|outgoing  = [[Ossian Smyth]]
|elec_area = Dún Laoghaire
|reason    = Elected to [[Dáil Éireann]] at the [[2020 Irish general election|2020 general election]]
|date      = February 2020
|cooptee   = Tom Kivlehan
}}
{{Council co-option
|party     = Fianna Fáil
|outgoing  = [[Cormac Devlin]]
|elec_area = Dún Laoghaire
|reason    = Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2020 general election
|date      = February 2020
|cooptee   = Justin Moylan
}}
{{Council co-option
|party     = Fine Gael
|outgoing  = [[Jennifer Carroll MacNeill]]
|elec_area = Killiney-Shankill
|reason    = Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2020 general election
|date      = February 2020
|cooptee   = Frank McNamara
}}
{{Council co-option
|party     = Fine Gael
|outgoing  = [[Barry Ward (politician)|Barry Ward]]
|elec_area = Blackrock
|reason    = Elected to [[Seanad Éireann]] at the [[2020 Seanad election]]
|date      = June 2020
|cooptee   = Maurice Dockrell 
}}
{{Council co-option
|party     = Labour Party (Ireland)
|outgoing  = Deirdre Kingston
|elec_area = Blackrock
|reason    = Resignation
|date      = July 2020
|cooptee   = Martha Fanning
}}
{{Council co-option
|party     = Green Party (Ireland)
|outgoing  = Deirdre Ní Fhloinn
|elec_area = Glencullen-Sandyford
|reason    = Resignation
|date      = October 2020
|cooptee   = Oisín O'Connor
}}
{{Council co-option
|party     = Green Party (Ireland)
|outgoing  = Séafra Ó Faoláin
|elec_area = Blackrock
|reason    = Resignation
|date      = August 2022
|cooptee   = Kate Ruddock
}}
{{end}}

====Changes in affiliation====
{{Council change affiliation begin}}
{{Council change affiliation
|name      = Hugh Lewis<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 May 2021|title=A Statement Of People Before Profit|url=https://www.pbp.ie/a-statement-of-people-before-profit/|url-status=live|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709043909/https://www.pbp.ie/a-statement-of-people-before-profit/}}</ref>
|elec_area = Killiney-Shankill
|old_party = Solidarity–People Before Profit
|new_party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|date      = May 2021
}}
{{end}}

==Controversies==
===M50 and compensation to Jackson Way Properties===
An agreement was reached for Dún 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 (Ireland)|M50 motorway]].<ref>[http://www.dlrcoco.ie/PressReleases/jacksonway Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Co Statement on Jackson Way compensation, November 18 2003]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Council agreed to pay costs and expenses properly incurred by Jackson Way Properties in relation to preparation and submission of its claim.

The 2003 award total is broken down as follows:
* Land taken – €9,691,000
* Injurious affection – €2,296,700 and
* Disturbance – €873,000.

It had been the view of the [[Criminal Assets Bureau]] (CAB) 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 [[Frank Dunlop (journalist)|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 CAB to be arcade owner James Kennedy and solicitor John Coldwell. However, in January 2014 the freezing order was lifted owing to the collapse of the associated political corruption trial involving Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Cathaoirleach Tony Fox;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dunlops-heart-scare-collapses-trial-for-corruption-29447286.html |title=Dunlop collapses trial for corruption, Irish Independent, July 25, 2013 |access-date=16 August 2017 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816152537/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dunlops-heart-scare-collapses-trial-for-corruption-29447286.html |url-status=live }}</ref> damages were subsequently sought against CAB by Jackson Way.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/jim-kennedy-firm-claims-damages-from-cab-over-carrickmines-1.2718516 |title=Jim Kennedy firm claims damages from CAB over Carrickmines |date=12 July 2016 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=16 August 2017 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816160004/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/jim-kennedy-firm-claims-damages-from-cab-over-carrickmines-1.2718516?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime-and-law%2Fcourts%2Fhigh-court%2Fjim-kennedy-firm-claims-damages-from-cab-over-carrickmines-1.2718516 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In early 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.oic.gov.ie/en/Decisions/Decisions-List/XYZ-Limited-and-Dun-Laoghaire-Rathdown-County-Council-FOI-Act-2014-.html |title=XYZ Limited and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (FOI Act 2014)Case Number: 160082 |access-date=2017-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816153226/http://m.oic.gov.ie/en/Decisions/Decisions-List/XYZ-Limited-and-Dun-Laoghaire-Rathdown-County-Council-FOI-Act-2014-.html |archive-date=2017-08-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Data Protection Commissioner|Office of the Information Commissioner]] found against the council for refusing to comply with a [[Freedom of Information]] request relating to the case, stating as follows, "I find it very difficult to accept that the Council holds no records coming within the scope of the request that cannot be released to the applicant under the FOI Act. It seems to me that the Council adopted a blanket approach to the request by claiming that the exemptions applied to all records coming within the scope of the request and did not conduct a record by record examination."

===Criminal Assets Bureau investigation===
The [[Criminal Assets Bureau]] (CAB) successfully obtained a High Court order on 26 July 2006 freezing land assets of {{convert|107|acre|km2}} at [[Carrickmines]], [[County Dublin]], owned by Jackson Way Properties Ltd and preventing their sale.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1660202&issue_id=14413 |title=CAB blocks sale of €60m parcel at Carrickmines |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=27 July 2006 |access-date=2006-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116220535/http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1660202&issue_id=14413 |archive-date=2016-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> CAB contended that these lands had been rezoned on 16 December 1997 by Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council from agricultural to industrial use after Frank Dunlop bribed and made [[Political corruption|corrupt]] payments to councillors to secure their support in the rezoning vote. That vote increased the value of just {{convert|17|acre|m2}} of the property from €8 million to €61 million. CAB has interviewed and taken statements from Dunlop and will use him as a witness against a number of property developers; Dunlop served a jail sentence for corruption in Arbour Hill from May 2009 to July 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/dunlop-released-from-arbour-hill-prison-after-serving-almost-14-months-1.620602 |title=Dunlop released from Arbour Hill Prison after serving almost 14 months|date=12 July 2010 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=16 August 2017 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816155952/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/dunlop-released-from-arbour-hill-prison-after-serving-almost-14-months-1.620602 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The lands in question have been the subject of investigation by the [[Mahon Tribunal]] in 2003 and 2004.

''Criminal Assets Bureau v. Jackson Way Properties'' was due for hearing in the High Court Dublin in October 2010, which was vigorously defended with Jackson Way denying any wrongdoing and Mr Kennedy a [[tax exile]] currently living in Gibraltar returning to give evidence in the case. Jackson Way gave the court notice that they intend to subpoena councillors to give evidence. No Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown representative to date{{When|date=July 2015}} has been charged with any form of wrongdoing in relation to rezoning, likely because in January 2014 the freezing order was lifted owing to the collapse of a political corruption trial involving Frank Dunlop and Jacksonway's subsequent legal proceedings against CAB.

== Revenue generation ==
There have been complaints about the council's policies regarding commercial rates and parking charges and also complaints from business owners in the town about the way in which the Council enforces the collection of parking charges and fines.<ref name="A Tale of Two Towns">{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/a-tale-of-two-towns-1.1682163 |title=A Tale of Two Towns|date=8 February 2014 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=16 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316011950/http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/a-tale-of-two-towns-1.1682163 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/why-d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-retailers-may-have-to-get-out-of-dodge-1.2858102 |title=Why Dún Laoghaire Retailers may have to get Out of Dodge|date=7 November 2016 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808000102/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/why-d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-retailers-may-have-to-get-out-of-dodge-1.2858102 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/our-towns-are-dying-while-councils-bleed-motorists-dry-for-revenue-1.1674063 |title=Our Towns are Dying while Councils Bleed Motorists Dry for Revenue|date=31 January 2014 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205041221/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/our-towns-are-dying-while-councils-bleed-motorists-dry-for-revenue-1.1674063 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area has the second highest level of revenue generation of local authorities in the state after Dublin City.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/lpt/local-property-tax-2016.pdf |title=Local Property Tax Statistics (2016), &#91;&#91;Revenue Commissioners&#93;&#93;, Revised Edition, April 2017 |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808034045/http://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/lpt/local-property-tax-2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

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