Waterford City and County Council

Waterford City and County Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge) is the local authority of the City of Waterford and County Waterford in Ireland. It came into operation on 1 June 2014 after the 2014 local elections.^[1] It is a merger of Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council under the provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. As a city and county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenities, arts and culture, and environment.

Waterford City and County Council Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge
Type
Type	City and County council
Leadership
Mayor	Séamus Ryan, Lab
Structure
Seats	32
Political groups	Fine Gael (8)   Sinn Féin (7)   Fianna Fáil (5)   Labour (3)   Social Democrats (1)   Independent (8)
Elections
Last election	7 June 2024
Meeting place
City Hall, Waterford (top) and Civic Offices, Dungarvan (bottom)
City Hall, Waterford Civic Offices, Dungarvan
Website
Official website

The area governed by the council

The council has 32 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The city and county administration is headed by a chief executive, Seán McKeown.^[2] The administrative centres are Waterford and Dungarvan.

Regional Assembly

Waterford City and County Council has two representatives on the Southern Regional Assembly who are part of the South-East Strategic Planning Area Committee.^[3]

Elections

Members of Waterford City and County Council are elected for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) from multi-member local electoral areas.

Year		FG		FF		SF		Lab		GP		SD		Ind	Total
2024	8		5		7		3		0		1		8		32
2019	7		7		6		4		2		0		6		32
2014	8		8		6		1		0		0		9		32

Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts

The City and County of Waterford is divided into the metropolitan and municipal districts and local electoral areas, defined by electoral divisions.^[4] The municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former Waterford City Council is referred to as a Metropolitan District.^[5]

Municipal District	LEA	Definition	Seats
Metropolitan District of Waterford City	Tramore–Waterford City West	Islandikane, Killoteran, Pembrokestown, Tramore; and the electoral divisions of Ballybricken, Bilberry, Centre A, Centre B, Cleaboy, Custom House B, Ferrybank, Gracedieu, Military Road, Newports Square, Shortcourse and The Glen, as specified in the Waterford County Borough (Wards) Regulations 1983[6]	6
	Waterford City East	Ballynakill (in the former Rural District of Waterford No. 1), Faithlegg (Part), Killea, Kilmacleague, Rathmoylan, Woodstown;and the electoral divisions of Ballymaclode, Ballynakill (part), Farranshoneen, Grange South, Grange Upper, Newtown and Park, as specified in the Waterford County Borough (Wards) Regulations 1983	6
	Waterford City South	Drumcannon, Kilbarry (Part) (in the former Rural District of Waterford No. 1);and the electoral divisions of Ballybeg North, Ballybeg South, Ballynaneashagh, Ballytruckle, Custom House A, Grange North, Kilbarry, Kingsmeadow, Larchville, Lisduggan, Morrissons Avenue East, Morrissons Avenue West, Morrissons Road, Mount Sion, Poleberry, Roanmore, Slievekeale, Ticor North and Ticor South, as specified in the Waterford County Borough (Wards) Regulations 1983	6
Dungarvan–Lismore	Dungarvan	Aird Mhór (in the former Rural District of Dungarvan), An Rinn, Ardmore (in the former Rural District of Youghal No. 2), Baile Mhac Airt, Ballyheeny, Bohadoon, Cappagh, Carriglea, Clashmore, Clonea (in the former Rural District of Dungarvan), Colligan, Dromore, Dungarvan No. 1 Urban, Dungarvan No. 2 Urban, Dungarvan Rural, Glenwilliam, Grallagh, Grange, Keereen, Kinsalebeg, Mountkennedy, Mountstuart and Whitechurch.	6
	Lismore	Ballyduff, Ballyhane, Ballyin, Ballynamult, Ballysaggartmore, Cappoquin, Castlerichard, Dromana, Drumroe, Gortnapeaky, Graignagower, Kilcockan, Kilwatermoy East, Kilwatermoy West, Lismore Rural, Lismore Urban, Mocollop, Modelligo (in the former Rural District of Dungarvan), Modelligo (in the former Rural District of Lismore), Seskinan, Tallow and Templemichael.	3
Comeragh	Portlaw–Kilmacthomas	Annestown, Ballydurn, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Carrickbeg Rural, Carrigcastle, Clonea (in the former Rural District of Carrick-on-Suir No. 2), Comeragh, Coumaraglin, Dunhill, Fenoagh, Fews, Foxs Castle, Gardenmorris, Georgestown, Glen, Gurteen, Kilbarrymeaden, Kilmacomma, Kilmacthomas, Kilmeadan (in the former Rural District of Carrick-on-Suir No. 2), Kilmeadan (in the former Rural District of Waterford No. 1), Kilronan, Knockaunbrandaun, Knockmahon, Mothel, Newcastle, Newtown (in the former Rural District of Kilmacthomas), Portlaw, Rathgormuck, Reisk, Ross, St. Marys, Stradbally and Tinnasaggart.	5

Councillors

The following were elected at the 2024 Waterford City and County Council election.

2024 seats summary

Party		Seats
	Fine Gael	8
	Sinn Féin	7
	Fianna Fáil	5
	Labour	3
	Social Democrats	1
	Independent	8

Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 7 June 2024.^[7]

Council members from 2024 election
Local electoral area	Name	Party
Dungarvan	Damien Geoghegan		Fine Gael
	Conor D. McGuinness[a]		Sinn Féin
	Tom Cronin		Fianna Fáil
	Pat Nugent		Fine Gael
	Thomas Phelan		Labour
	Joe O'Riordan		Independent
Lismore	John Pratt		Labour
	Niamh O'Donovan		Fine Gael
	Donnchadh Mulcahy		Sinn Féin
Portlaw–Kilmacthomas	Liam Brazil		Fine Gael
	Seánie Power		Fine Gael
	John O'Leary		Fianna Fáil
	Declan Clune		Independent
	Catherine Burke		Sinn Féin
Tramore–Waterford City West	Lola O'Sullivan		Fine Gael
	Joe Kelly		Independent
	Blaise Hannigan		Independent
	Joe Conway[a]		Independent
	Jim Griffin		Sinn Féin
	Éamon Quinlan		Fianna Fáil
Waterford City East	David Daniels		Independent
	Declan Barry		Independent
	Pat Fitzgerald		Sinn Féin
	Adam Wyse		Fianna Fáil
	Jim D'arcy		Fine Gael
	Mary Roche		Social Democrats
Waterford City South	Donal Barry		Independent
	John Hearne		Sinn Féin
	Jason Murphy		Fianna Fáil
	Joeanne Bailey		Sinn Féin
	Frank Quinlan		Fine Gael
	Séamus Ryan		Labour

Notes

1. Replaced during term, see table below for details.

Co-options

Party		Outgoing	LEA	Reason	Date	Co-optee
	Sinn Féin	Conor D. McGuinness	Dungarvan	Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election	16 December 2024	Kate O'Mahoney[8]
	Independent	Joe Conway	Tramore–Waterford City West	Elected to 27th Seanad at the 2025 Seanad election	14 March 2025	Sandra Conway[9]