S.I. No. 446/2008 - County of Monaghan Local Electoral Areas Order 2008

1. This order may be cited as the County of Monaghan Local Electoral Areas Order 2008.

2. (1) The County of Monaghan shall be divided into the local electoral areas which are named in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.

(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.

(3) The number of members of Monaghan 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.

3. Every reference in the Schedule to this Order to an electoral division or town shall be construed as referring to such electoral division or town as existing at the date of this Order and every reference to a former rural district shall be construed as a reference to that district as constituted immediately before the 1st day of October 1925.

4. The County of Monaghan Local Electoral Areas Order 1998 (

S.I. No. 290 of 1998

) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Name of Local Electoral Area

Description of Local Electoral Area

Number of Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area

Carrickmacross

The town of Carrickmacross and the electoral divisions of Ballymackney, Bellatrain, Bocks, Carrickmacross Rural, Corracharra, Crossalare, Donaghmoyne, Drumboory, Drumcarrow, Drumgurra, Enagh (in the former Rural District of Carrickmacross), Inishkeen, Kilmurry, Kiltybegs, Laragh, Loughfea, Raferagh.

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Castleblayney

The town of Castleblayney and the electoral divisions of Annayalla, Ballybay Rural, Ballybay Urban, Broomfield, Carrickaslane, Carrickatee, Castleblayney Rural, Church Hill, Clontibret, Cremartin, Greagh, Mullyash, Tullycorbet.

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Clones

The town of Clones and the electoral divisions of Aghabog, Anny, Caddagh, Clones, Clones Rural, Cormeen, Creeve, Currin, Dawsongrove, Drum, Drumhillagh, Drummully, Drumsnat, Killeevan, Killynenagh, Kilmore, Lisnaveane, Newbliss, St. Tierney.

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Monaghan

The town of Monaghan and the electoral divisions of Anketell Grove, Bellanode, Bragan, Castleshane, Derrygorry, Emyvale, Enagh (in the former Rural District of Monaghan), Figullar, Glaslough, Killylough, Monaghan Rural, Rackwallace, Scotstown, Shanmullagh, Sheskin, Tedavnet, Tehallan.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

31 October 2008.

JOHN GORMLEY,

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

The effect of this Order is to amend the division of County Monaghan into local electoral areas and to fix the number of members of Monaghan County Council to be elected for each such area.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th November

, 2008.

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