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# Dublin Mayor

Last year
2022
Directly elected mayor for Dublin could be a 'dog's dinner' unless proper planning takes place
The former Taoiseach said a “ten-year plan where we start building up the federal system would be great” and “putting in a mayor at the start of that might be won’t work”.
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Jun 25th 2022, 12:41 PM
# Dublin Mayor
Citizens’ Assembly on directly elected Dublin Mayor holds first in-person meeting
The Assembly will examine the potential benefits and challenges of a directly elected Mayor for Dublin
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Apr 30th 2022, 3:46 PM
# crisis
New citizens' assembly on biodiversity to meet for the first time in April
Cabinet approved two new citizens’ assemblies on biodiversity and Dublin’s local governance at a meeting this afternoon.
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Feb 8th 2022, 5:46 PM
All time
# total mayor
Phil Hogan 'should hold plebiscite anyway' --- Lord Mayor
Oisín Quinn says the fact that 98 councillors supported the move, while only 19 voted against is as close as you get to unanimity “outside of Iraq and North Korea”.
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Apr 5th 2014, 8:30 AM
# total mayor
Fingal's scuppering of elected mayor for Dublin slammed... by Fingal's former mayor
Cian O’Callaghan said that ceremonial mayors “belong to a different era”.
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Apr 2nd 2014, 3:00 PM
# total mayor
Two more councils back mayor proposal, but Fingal’s ‘nay’ scuppers plan
Any of the four local authorities in the county had the power to veto the proposal to put the plan to the people of the county on 23 May.
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Mar 31st 2014, 11:23 PM
Voices
Column: Voting down a plebiscite for a directly-elected Dublin mayor would be bad for democracy
All four local authorities in the country have to agree on whether to put the issue to the people on the same day as the local and European elections.
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Mar 31st 2014, 11:34 AM
# Dublin Mayor
Revealed: Here are the powers a directly-elected Dublin mayor could have
A directly-elected mayor would appoint a cabinet of politicians and non-politicians to administer the Dublin Metropolitan Region with responsibility for a wide range of areas, according to a draft report.
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Nov 18th 2013, 6:42 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should Irish cities have directly-elected mayors?
Dublin could have its own version of London’s Boris Johnson or New York’s Michael Bloomberg under a process currently under way…
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Oct 18th 2013, 9:15 AM
# Dublin Mayor
Hogan on Dublin mayor plan: 'I might be 6' 5'' but I'm not going to lean in any direction'
The Minister isn’t giving much away about whether or not he’d like a directly-elected mayor for the capital.
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Oct 18th 2013, 7:30 AM
# Dublin Mayor
Hogan: No point having elected mayor for Dublin unless position is meaningful
The government intends to hold a referendum at the same time as the local elections next year to ask Dublin residents whether or not they want an elected mayor for the capital.
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Oct 3rd 2013, 6:00 AM
# Election 2011
Cabinet fails to agree pre-election legislative programme
Fianna Fáil and the Greens meet in attempts to decide what laws to pass before leaving power – with no success.
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Jan 11th 2011, 9:36 PM
# Dublin Mayor
Gogarty slams Labour moves to delay Dublin Mayor vote
Paul Gogarty slams a defeated Labour Party move that would have seen the directly-elected mayor be delayed until 2014.
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Dec 2nd 2010, 2:01 PM