Photo: Darren J. Prior · CC BY-SA 4.0Dublin City Council is one of the most divided councils: the largest party has 11 of 63 seats
Local government for Ballymun is Dublin City Council alone; Ireland has a single tier. The Ballymun-Finglas local electoral area elected 6 councillors in June 2024: Sinn Féin 2, Fianna Fáil 1, People Before Profit–Solidarity 1, Social Democrats 1 and Independent 1. No party holds a majority on Dublin City; Fine Gael has the most seats, 11 of 63, short of the 32 a majority needs. In the Dáil, Dublin North-West has 3 members: Sinn Féin 1, Fianna Fáil 1 and Social Democrats 1.
Ballymun’s council and votes, in 4 figures
No majority on Dublin City
Fine Gael won the most seats on Dublin City Council in June 2024, 11 of 63, short of the 32 a majority needs; it ran 16 candidates. No party holds a majority on any of the 31 councils, so each council’s business is carried by votes across parties. Who’s in charge ↓
A large budget for its size
Dublin City Council’s 2026 revenue budget comes to €2,845 for each resident, against €1,551 across all 31 councils, leaving out the HAP programme. Council money ↓
Low turnout
15,582 of Ballymun-Finglas’s 37,296 registered voters turned out in June 2024, 42%: the 19th-lowest of 166 local electoral areas (all of them: 49%). How Ballymun voted ↓
Low turnout
33,033 of Dublin North-West’s 58,462 registered voters turned out in November 2024, 57%: the 7th-lowest of 43 Dáil constituencies (all of them: 60%). Dáil Éireann ↓
Written from the data on this page: the 2024 count sheets of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Oireachtas members list.
No party holds a majority on Dublin City Council
Seats on Dublin City Council as elected in June 2024, with each party’s candidates, and the other councils beside it.
- Fine Gael1116 stood
- Social Democrats1013 stood
- Independent940 stood
- Sinn Féin930 stood
- Fianna Fáil819 stood
- Green Party811 stood
- Labour Party413 stood
- People Before Profit–Solidarity211 stood
- Right to Change12 stood
- Independent Ireland12 stood
As elected on 7 June 2024.
A party needs 32 of the 63 seats to outvote the rest. None has that: Fine Gael is largest with 11. None of the 31 councils has a single-party majority. Social Democrats is second with 10 seats. The councillors elect a cathaoirleach each June to chair the council for a year; no open national list names them.
The 31 councils of Ireland
Seats by party as elected, largest party named; this council first.
Local and general election results 2024: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY-SA 4.0); areas matched to towns by TownRatings from Tailte Éireann boundaries and CSO Census 2022 Small Areas (CC BY 4.0).
One council, and the government for the rest
Ballymun has no town or county council of its own: Ireland has 31 councils, each the only council for its area.
Housing and homelessness, planning, local and regional roads, parks and libraries, the fire service, bins enforcement and street cleaning, the register of electors, and the Local Property Tax rate it may vary.
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Who to ask
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From the council to the Dáil
Every elected tier that speaks for Ballymun, from the most recent elections.
- 1The Ballymun-Finglas local electoral areaBallymun-Finglas · 6 membersKeith ConnollyAnthony ConnaghanConor ReddyMary CallaghanGavin PepperLeslie Kane
- 2Dublin City Council63 councillors from 11 local electoral areasFine Gael 11 · Social Democrats 10 · Independent 9 · Sinn Féin 9 · Fianna Fáil 8 · Green Party 8 · Labour Party 4 · People Before Profit–Solidarity 2 · Right to Change 1 · Independent Ireland 1
- 3Dáil ÉireannDublin North-West · 3 members
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. TDs: Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data (Oireachtas PSI Licence, CC BY 4.0).
6 councillors represent Ballymun-Finglas
Each of the local electoral areas where 5% or more of the town’s residents live: who was elected, and who else stood.
- Keith Connolly
- Anthony Connaghan
- Conor Reddy
- Mary Callaghan
- Gavin Pepper
- Leslie Kane
Also stood (10): Edward Mac Manus (Aontú), Stephen Redmond (The National Party), Caroline Conroy (Green Party), Briege Mac Oscar (Fianna Fáil), Leon Bradley (Independent), Mick Dowling (Sinn Féin), Diarmuid Mac Dubhghlais (Independent), Arnold Guo (Fine Gael), John Lonergan (Labour Party), Jeff Gallagher (Independent).
Ballymun’s councillors, one by one
| Councillor | Party | Area | First preferences | Result | Returning or new |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Connolly | Fianna Fáil | Ballymun-Finglas | 2,042 | Elected at count 4, on the quota | Re-elected |
| Anthony Connaghan | Sinn Féin | Ballymun-Finglas | 1,428 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | Re-elected |
| Conor Reddy | People Before Profit–Solidarity | Ballymun-Finglas | 1,249 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | New |
| Mary Callaghan | Social Democrats | Ballymun-Finglas | 1,176 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | Re-elected |
| Gavin Pepper | Independent | Ballymun-Finglas | 1,126 | Elected at count 11, on the quota | New |
| Leslie Kane | Sinn Féin | Ballymun-Finglas | 1,049 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | New |
3 of the 6 were sitting councillors who were re-elected; 3 weren’t on the council before the election.
Seats by party in each of Dublin City Council’s 11 local electoral areas
Every area of Dublin City Council: seats, candidates and turnout
| Area | Seats | Candidates | Electorate | Turnout | Quota |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymun-Finglas | 6 | 16 | 37,296 | 41.8% | 2,178 |
| Artane-Whitehall | 6 | 17 | 35,178 | 42.5% | 2,076 |
| Ballyfermot-Drimnagh | 5 | 15 | 31,650 | 39.6% | 2,048 |
| Cabra-Glasnevin | 7 | 21 | 39,560 | 43.7% | 2,131 |
| Clontarf | 6 | 12 | 42,253 | 47.9% | 2,858 |
| Donaghmede | 5 | 14 | 30,912 | 45.1% | 2,277 |
| Kimmage-Rathmines | 6 | 15 | 42,747 | 39.5% | 2,372 |
| North Inner City | 7 | 19 | 30,609 | 34.1% | 1,280 |
| Pembroke | 5 | 10 | 31,927 | 36.9% | 1,947 |
| South East Inner City | 5 | 17 | 22,538 | 33% | 1,212 |
| South West Inner City | 5 | 16 | 24,193 | 35.1% | 1,385 |
Each of the local electoral areas elects 3 to 7 councillors by single transferable vote: voters number the candidates in order, a candidate who reaches the quota is elected, and spare votes and those of the lowest candidate pass to the next preference. A councillor who leaves is replaced by co-option, usually from the same party, so the names can change without an election.
Councillors: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Of the 63 councillors on Dublin City Council, women hold 25
Everyone elected to Dublin City Council across its 11 local electoral areas in June 2024, by party: how many are women and how many sat on the council before.
| Party | Seats | Women | Re-elected | First preferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 11 | 4 | 6 | 14.8% |
| Social Democrats | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9.6% |
| Independent | 9 | 0 | 6 | 16.1% |
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 5 | 6 | 14% |
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | 2 | 5 | 14.3% |
| Green Party | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9.8% |
| Labour Party | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7.9% |
| People Before Profit–Solidarity | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.4% |
| Independent Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1% |
| Right to Change | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.8% |
25 of the 63 councillors are women, 40%; across all 31 councils the share is 26%. 37 sat on the council before the election and 26 are new to it.
Every member of Dublin City Council
| Councillor | Party | Area | Returning or new |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lyons | Independent | Artane-Whitehall | Re-elected |
| Declan Flanagan | Fine Gael | Artane-Whitehall | Re-elected |
| Jesslyn Henry | Social Democrats | Artane-Whitehall | New |
| Racheal Batten | Fianna Fáil | Artane-Whitehall | Re-elected |
| Aishling Silke | Social Democrats | Artane-Whitehall | New |
| Edel Moran | Sinn Féin | Artane-Whitehall | New |
| Daithí Doolan | Sinn Féin | Ballyfermot-Drimnagh | Re-elected |
| Vincent Jackson | Independent | Ballyfermot-Drimnagh | Re-elected |
| Hazel De Nortuín | People Before Profit–Solidarity | Ballyfermot-Drimnagh | Re-elected |
| Ray Cunningham | Green Party | Ballyfermot-Drimnagh | New |
| Philip Sutcliffe | Independent Ireland | Ballyfermot-Drimnagh | New |
| Keith Connolly | Fianna Fáil | Ballymun-Finglas | Re-elected |
| Anthony Connaghan | Sinn Féin | Ballymun-Finglas | Re-elected |
| Conor Reddy | People Before Profit–Solidarity | Ballymun-Finglas | New |
| Mary Callaghan | Social Democrats | Ballymun-Finglas | Re-elected |
| Gavin Pepper | Independent | Ballymun-Finglas | New |
| Leslie Kane | Sinn Féin | Ballymun-Finglas | New |
| Feljin Jose | Green Party | Cabra-Glasnevin | New |
| Cieran Perry | Independent | Cabra-Glasnevin | Re-elected |
| Colm O'Rourke | Fine Gael | Cabra-Glasnevin | Re-elected |
| Gayle Ralph | Fine Gael | Cabra-Glasnevin | New |
| Cat O'Driscoll | Social Democrats | Cabra-Glasnevin | Re-elected |
| John Stephens | Fianna Fáil | Cabra-Glasnevin | New |
| Séamas McGrattan | Sinn Féin | Cabra-Glasnevin | Re-elected |
| Naoise Ó Muirí | Fine Gael | Clontarf | Re-elected |
| Deirdre Heney | Fianna Fáil | Clontarf | Re-elected |
| Barry Heneghan | Independent | Clontarf | New |
| Catherine Stocker | Social Democrats | Clontarf | Re-elected |
| Donna Cooney | Green Party | Clontarf | Re-elected |
| Alison Field | Labour Party | Clontarf | New |
| Tom Brabazon | Fianna Fáil | Donaghmede | Re-elected |
| Daryl Barron | Fianna Fáil | Donaghmede | Re-elected |
| Paddy Monahan | Social Democrats | Donaghmede | New |
| Supriya Singh | Fine Gael | Donaghmede | New |
| Mícheál Mac Donncha | Sinn Féin | Donaghmede | Re-elected |
| Carolyn Moore | Green Party | Kimmage-Rathmines | Re-elected |
| Punam Rane | Fine Gael | Kimmage-Rathmines | New |
| Fiona Connelly | Labour Party | Kimmage-Rathmines | Re-elected |
| Pat Dunne | Right to Change | Kimmage-Rathmines | Re-elected |
| Eoin Hayes | Social Democrats | Kimmage-Rathmines | New |
| Patrick Kinsella | Fine Gael | Kimmage-Rathmines | New |
| Ray McAdam | Fine Gael | North Inner City | Re-elected |
| Christy Burke | Independent | North Inner City | Re-elected |
| Janet Horner | Green Party | North Inner City | Re-elected |
| Malachy Steenson | Independent | North Inner City | New |
| Nial Ring | Independent | North Inner City | Re-elected |
| Janice Boylan | Sinn Féin | North Inner City | Re-elected |
| Daniel Ennis | Social Democrats | North Inner City | New |
| James Geoghegan | Fine Gael | Pembroke | Re-elected |
| Hazel Chu | Green Party | Pembroke | Re-elected |
| Dermot Lacey | Labour Party | Pembroke | Re-elected |
| Emma Blain | Fine Gael | Pembroke | New |
| Rory Hogan | Fianna Fáil | Pembroke | New |
| Claire Byrne | Green Party | South East Inner City | Re-elected |
| Danny Byrne | Fine Gael | South East Inner City | Re-elected |
| Cian Farrell | Social Democrats | South East Inner City | New |
| Mannix Flynn | Independent | South East Inner City | Re-elected |
| Kourtney Kenny | Sinn Féin | South East Inner City | New |
| Michael Pidgeon | Green Party | South West Inner City | Re-elected |
| Darragh Moriarty | Labour Party | South West Inner City | Re-elected |
| Jen Cummins | Social Democrats | South West Inner City | New |
| Ammar Ali | Fianna Fáil | South West Inner City | New |
| Máire Devine | Sinn Féin | South West Inner City | Re-elected |
The council: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
First preferences in Ballymun-Finglas, June 2024
Each candidate’s first-preference votes; the tick is the quota of 2,178. Elected candidates are in bold.
Each party’s share of first preferences in Ballymun-Finglas
The tick is the party’s share across all of Ireland.
Turnout was 41.8%, 15,582 of 37,296 registered voters: the 148th-highest of 166 local electoral areas (all of them: 49.4%). The quota was 2,178: 15,241 valid votes for 6 seats, counted over 12 rounds. No candidate reached the quota on first preferences: transfers filled every seat. Leslie Kane (Sinn Féin) took the last seat with 1,710 votes at the final count, 94 more than Briege Mac Oscar (Fianna Fáil), on 1,616.
Every candidate, count by count (12 counts)
| Candidate | Party | First preferences | Result | Votes at the end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conor Reddy | People Before Profit–Solidarity | 1,249 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 2,139 |
| Anthony Connaghan | Sinn Féin | 1,428 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 2,138 |
| Mary Callaghan | Social Democrats | 1,176 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 1,966 |
| Leslie Kane | Sinn Féin | 1,049 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 1,710 |
| Gavin Pepper | Independent | 1,126 | Elected at count 11, on the quota | 2,178 |
| Keith Connolly | Fianna Fáil | 2,042 | Elected at count 4, on the quota | 2,178 |
| Jeff Gallagher | Independent | 256 | Excluded at count 2 | – |
| John Lonergan | Labour Party | 476 | Excluded at count 3 | – |
| Arnold Guo | Fine Gael | 551 | Excluded at count 4 | – |
| Mick Dowling | Sinn Féin | 734 | Excluded at count 6 | – |
| Diarmuid Mac Dubhghlais | Independent | 700 | Excluded at count 7 | – |
| Leon Bradley | Independent | 819 | Excluded at count 8 | – |
| Caroline Conroy | Green Party | 888 | Excluded at count 9 | – |
| Edward Mac Manus | Aontú | 952 | Excluded at count 10 | – |
| Stephen Redmond | The National Party | 930 | Excluded at count 11 | – |
| Briege Mac Oscar | Fianna Fáil | 865 | Not elected, standing at the last count | 1,616 |
How Ballymun voted: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Who stood, and who was elected, June 2024
Every candidate for Dublin City Council, by party: the light bar is candidates, the solid bar those elected.
Share of candidates elected, all of Ireland
Parties with 10 or more candidates across the 31 councils.
172 candidates stood for 63 seats on Dublin City Council in June 2024, 2.7 for each seat. Turnout across the council was 40.6%, the 31st-highest of 31 councils. Fine Gael elected 11 of its 16 candidates. 65 of the 172 candidates were women (38%; 31% across the country), and 40 stood without a party. Across all 31 councils, 2,172 candidates stood for 949 seats, 2.3 for each.
Turnout in all 31 councils
Local elections: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Ballymun is in Dublin North-West
3 TDs elected to the Dáil by single transferable vote on 29 November 2024, the whole constituency’s count.
Sinn Féin
oireachtas.ie ↗Fianna Fáil
oireachtas.ie ↗Social Democrats
oireachtas.ie ↗TDs as the Oireachtas lists them today, with any office they hold; a by-election or a change of party shows here, the 2024 count below does not change.
First preferences in Dublin North-West, November 2024
First-preference share by party in Dublin North-West
33,033 of 58,462 registered voters turned out, 56.5%: the 37th-highest of 43 Dáil constituencies (all of them: 59.7%). With 32,733 valid votes and 3 seats the quota was 8,184; the count ran to 9 rounds. Nobody reached the quota on first preferences, so every seat was filled on transfers. Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fáil) was 4th on first preferences and elected on transfers, ahead of Cathleen Carney Boud (Sinn Féin), 3rd on first preferences. Dessie Ellis (Sinn Féin) took the last seat with 7,562 votes at the final count, 1,575 more than Cathleen Carney Boud (Sinn Féin), on 5,987.
Every candidate, count by count (9 counts)
| Candidate | Party | First preferences | Result | Votes at the end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dessie Ellis | Sinn Féin | 5,562 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 7,562 |
| Rory Hearne | Social Democrats | 4,631 | Elected at count 9, on the quota | 8,400 |
| Paul McAuliffe | Fianna Fáil | 4,463 | Elected at count 9, on the quota | 8,189 |
| Diarmuid Mac Dubhghlais | Independent | 463 | Excluded at count 2 | – |
| Ian Croft | Centre Party of Ireland | 183 | Excluded at count 2 | – |
| John Nisbet | Labour Party | 779 | Excluded at count 3 | – |
| Caroline Conroy | Green Party | 943 | Excluded at count 4 | – |
| Stephen Redmond | The National Party | 1,209 | Excluded at count 5 | – |
| Edward MacManus | Aontú | 1,367 | Excluded at count 6 | – |
| Gavin Pepper | Independent | 1,820 | Excluded at count 7 | – |
| Conor Reddy | People Before Profit–Solidarity | 2,917 | Excluded at count 8 | – |
| Noel Rock | Fine Gael | 3,893 | Excluded at count 9 | – |
| Cathleen Carney Boud | Sinn Féin | 4,503 | Not elected, standing at the last count | 5,987 |
Dáil Éireann: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
€2,845 per resident: Dublin City Council’s day-to-day budget for 2026
What its 2026 revenue budget pays for, service by service, and where the money comes from.
By service, per resident, 2026
What pays for it, 2026
Shares of what funds the 2026 budget; the tick is all 31 councils together.
Leaving out the HAP programme, that is the 1st-highest of the 31 councils per resident; across all of them it is €1,551. The budget is up 14% on 2025, when it was €1,485.4M.
Commercial rates on businesses pay for 26% of the budget. Its annual rate on valuation is 0.2890, the 1st-highest of the 31 councils that rate on revalued property. The Local Property Tax brings in another 4%.
Budget per resident, all 31 councils (without the HAP programme)
Show the services as a table, 2025 and 2026
| Service | 2026 | Per resident | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing and building | €862.1M | €1,454 | €738M | 17% |
| Roads and transport | €162.4M | €274 | €143.4M | 13% |
| Water services | €53.5M | €90 | €60.3M | -11% |
| Planning and development | €110.2M | €186 | €73.5M | 50% |
| Environment and fire | €305.8M | €516 | €276.9M | 10% |
| Libraries, parks and amenities | €146M | €246 | €139.6M | 5% |
| Agriculture, education, health and welfare | €4.4M | €7 | €4.6M | -4% |
| Other services | €52.6M | €89 | €49M | 7% |
Budgets: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Local Authority Annual Budgets 2025 and 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), revenue account before inter-authority contributions are netted; residents: CSO Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0).
Dublin City Council has 63 councillors, one for every 9,410 residents
Residents per councillor on each of the 31 councils.
Dublin City Council has 63 councillors for 592,713 residents: about 9,410 each, the 1st-highest of 31 councils. The range runs from 9,410 residents per councillor on Dublin City to 1,960 on Leitrim County.
Residents per councillor, all 31 councils
Seats: local elections 2024 (Department of Housing, CC BY-SA 4.0); residents: CSO Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0).
Having a say in how Ballymun is run
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dublincity.ie ↗Each TD’s contact details are on the Oireachtas members page.
oireachtas.ie ↗The Electoral Commission’s guidance for candidates and how to be nominated.
electoralcommission.ie ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Single transferable vote. Voters number candidates in order. The quota is the valid votes divided by one more than the seats, plus one. A candidate over the quota is elected and their surplus passes on; when nobody is over it, the lowest is excluded and their votes pass on, until the seats are filled. The last seats can go to candidates below the quota once too few are left to fill them. First preferences show where support started, not who won.
- Which area. A town is placed in its council, local electoral area and Dáil constituency by where its residents live (Census 2022 Small Areas); an area holding 5% or more of them is listed too. Areas reach beyond the town, so their results are the whole area’s.
- Turnout. Votes cast, spoilt ones included, as a share of the register. Registers carry people who have moved or died, so every turnout reads low by a few points; compare areas, not the figure on its own.
- A close last seat. Shown only when the last candidate elected and the one left standing were both in the final count; the gap is between their votes then. Margins are not shown as headlines unless they are among the closest.
- Not on this page. Audited accounts and debt are published only as PDF statements, so they aren’t on this page. Votes before 2024 aren’t compared: the local electoral areas were redrawn for the 2024 local elections and the Dáil constituencies in 2023, so earlier results don’t cover the same ground. Who chairs each council and who runs it as chief executive aren’t in any open national list; each council names them on its website.
Questions about how Ballymun is run
Which council runs Ballymun?
The one council for Ballymun is Dublin City Council: Ireland has a single tier of local government.
How many councillors does Ballymun have?
The Ballymun-Finglas local electoral area elects 6 councillors: Keith Connolly (Fianna Fáil), Anthony Connaghan (Sinn Féin), Conor Reddy (People Before Profit–Solidarity), Mary Callaghan (Social Democrats), Gavin Pepper (Independent), Leslie Kane (Sinn Féin).
Which party has the most seats on Dublin City Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Fine Gael 11 · Social Democrats 10 · Independent 9 · Sinn Féin 9 · Fianna Fáil 8 · Green Party 8 · Labour Party 4 · People Before Profit–Solidarity 2 · Right to Change 1 · Independent Ireland 1 of 63 seats; a majority needs 32.
Who are Ballymun’s TDs?
Dublin North-West elects 3 TDs: Dessie Ellis (Sinn Féin), Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fáil) and Rory Hearne (Social Democrats).
What was the turnout in Ballymun?
In Ballymun-Finglas, 41.8% of registered voters turned out in June 2024 (Ireland: 49.4%). In Dublin North-West, 56.5% in November 2024 (59.7%).
When are the next elections in Ballymun?
Local elections are held every five years, so the next are due in 2029, in May or June. A general election must be held within five years of the last one (November 2024), sooner if the Dáil is dissolved.
What does Dublin City spend?
Dublin City Council plans to spend €1,697M on day-to-day services in 2026, the most of it on housing and building.
Sources: Local and general election results 2024: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY-SA 4.0); areas matched to towns by TownRatings from Tailte Éireann boundaries and CSO Census 2022 Small Areas (CC BY 4.0). · TDs: Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data (Oireachtas PSI Licence, CC BY 4.0). · Boundaries: Tailte Éireann (CC BY 4.0); population: CSO Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0).. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).