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# Local politics

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Ireland's first LGBT female mayor elected to post on South Dublin County Council
Poll: Do you want town councils to be brought back?
"Your local property tax shouldn't be used to buy bling for anyone"
Waterford politicians issue warning against vigilantism after Roma mob
Galway councillor says jobs on new motorway should go to Irish people first
Oversight and Audit Commission to scrutinise local government spending
Two TDs had a go at each other on Twitter today... mainly over a local swimming pool
Column: Voting down a plebiscite for a directly-elected Dublin mayor would be bad for democracy
Oisín Quinn
Poll: Should ministers lobby councils on behalf of individual constituents?
Column: Council reform will discourage women – and help the old boys
Mick Glynn
Column: Being known as ‘Miriam in the wheelchair’ still annoys me
Miriam Murphy
Ennis is not a racist town - Mayor
Column: Abolish the Seanad? Here's a better idea to fix our political system
Simon Tuohy
Irish voters trust Gardaí and RTÉ most, banks and political parties least