Cllr Edel Corrigan
The first meeting of the new Municipal District of Dundalk takes place later today.
The Municipal District will be made up of those elected to Louth County Council from the Dundalk South and Dundalk Carlingford constituencies and will look after the needs of the town of Dundalk, similar to the old Dundak Town Council.
A new chair will be appointed at the first meeting but it appears that we are in for a repeat of what happened at the recent Louth County Council AGM when a voting pact denied Sinn Féin power despite them being the biggest party.
Commenting on the matter on her Facebook page last night, Cllr Edel Corrigan – who topped the poll in Dundalk-Carlingford last month, said: “Tomorrow is the first meeting of Municipal District of Dundalk. Sinn Féin has again put forward a proposal for the d’Hondt system to be used but it appears this will once again be ignored.
“I am hearing this evening that all other parties met this evening excluding Sinn Féin. Invitation must have got lost in the post. There will be 13 members of this committee which covers Dundalk Carlingford and Dundalk South. Voters used their voice when they elected five Sinn Féin councillors and Sinn Féin topped the poll in both areas yet the other parties will once again group together to block Sinn Féin.”
