Photo: Sarah777 at English Wikipedia · Public domainTurnout in Clondalkin was among the lowest at the 2024 local elections
Brittas is run by South Dublin County Council, its only council: Ireland has one tier of local government. The Clondalkin local electoral area elected 7 councillors in June 2024: Independent 1, People Before Profit–Solidarity 1, Fianna Fáil 1, Fine Gael 1, Independent Ireland 1, Sinn Féin 1 and Social Democrats 1. No party holds a majority on South Dublin County; Independent has the most seats, 10 of 40, short of the 21 a majority needs. In the Dáil, Dublin Mid-West has 5 members: Sinn Féin 2, Fine Gael 1, Independent 1 and Fianna Fáil 1.
Brittas’s council and votes, in 4 figures
Low turnout
13,080 of Clondalkin’s 32,221 registered voters turned out in June 2024, 41%: the 12th-lowest of 166 local electoral areas (all of them: 49%). How Brittas voted ↓
A crowded ballot
20 candidates stood for 7 seats in Clondalkin in June 2024, the 18th-most contested ballot of 166 by candidates per seat. Local elections ↓
Low turnout
47,930 of Dublin Mid-West’s 85,769 registered voters turned out in November 2024, 56%: the 6th-lowest of 43 Dáil constituencies (all of them: 60%). Dáil Éireann ↓
No majority on South Dublin County
Independent won the most seats on South Dublin County Council in June 2024, 10 of 40, short of the 21 a majority needs; it ran 25 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 ↓
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 South Dublin County Council
Seats on South Dublin County Council as elected in June 2024, with each party’s candidates, and the other councils beside it.
- Independent1025 stood
- Fine Gael913 stood
- Fianna Fáil511 stood
- Sinn Féin521 stood
- People Before Profit–Solidarity49 stood
- Labour Party35 stood
- Social Democrats25 stood
- Independent Ireland11 stood
- Irish Freedom Party11 stood
As elected on 7 June 2024.
A party needs 21 of the 40 seats to outvote the rest. None has that: Independent is largest with 10. None of the 31 councils has a single-party majority. Fine Gael is second with 9 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
Brittas 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.
sdcc.ie ↗Schools (Department of Education), health (the HSE), national roads (TII), policing (An Garda Síochána) and the Local Property Tax itself (Revenue).
gov.ie ↗Uisce Éireann runs water and sewers; private operators collect most bins under the council’s rules.
Who to ask
Green: the council. Gold: a government department or one of its agencies. Grey: another public body.
From the council to the Dáil
Every elected tier that speaks for Brittas, from the most recent elections.
- 1The Clondalkin local electoral areaClondalkin · 7 membersFrancis TimmonsDarragh AdelaideTrevor GilliganShirley O'HaraLinda DecourcyWilliam CareyEoin Ó Broin
- 2South Dublin County Council40 councillors from 7 local electoral areasIndependent 10 · Fine Gael 9 · Fianna Fáil 5 · Sinn Féin 5 · People Before Profit–Solidarity 4 · Labour Party 3 · Social Democrats 2 · Independent Ireland 1 · Irish Freedom Party 1
- 3Dáil ÉireannDublin Mid-West · 5 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).
7 councillors represent Clondalkin
Each of the local electoral areas where 5% or more of the town’s residents live: who was elected, and who else stood.
- Francis Timmons
- Darragh Adelaide
- Trevor Gilligan
- Shirley O'Hara
- Linda Decourcy
- William Carey
- Eoin Ó Broin
Also stood (13): Ciaran Power (Fianna Fáil), Sarah Adedeji (Fine Gael), Lynn Tierney (Social Democrats), Joseph Nugent (Sinn Féin), Mark Hampson (Sinn Féin), Trevor Conlon (Independent), Lauralee Robinson (The Irish People), Rosemary Masinga (Sinn Féin), Josh Ellul (Labour Party), Laura Donaghy (Green Party), Kahir Ullah (Independent), Viktor Kozyrev (Independent), Mahim Rizvi (Independent).
Brittas’s councillors, one by one
| Councillor | Party | Area | First preferences | Result | Returning or new |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Timmons | Independent | Clondalkin | 1,988 | Elected at count 1, on the quota | Re-elected |
| Darragh Adelaide | People Before Profit–Solidarity | Clondalkin | 1,140 | Elected at count 15, on the quota | New |
| Trevor Gilligan | Fianna Fáil | Clondalkin | 1,003 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | Re-elected |
| Shirley O'Hara | Fine Gael | Clondalkin | 987 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | Re-elected |
| Linda Decourcy | Independent Ireland | Clondalkin | 972 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | New |
| William Carey | Sinn Féin | Clondalkin | 965 | Elected at count 12, on the quota | Re-elected |
| Eoin Ó Broin | Social Democrats | Clondalkin | 901 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | Re-elected |
5 of the 7 were sitting councillors who were re-elected; 2 weren’t on the council before the election.
Seats by party in each of South Dublin County Council’s 7 local electoral areas
Every area of South Dublin County Council: seats, candidates and turnout
| Area | Seats | Candidates | Electorate | Turnout | Quota |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clondalkin | 7 | 20 | 32,221 | 40.6% | 1,601 |
| Firhouse-Bohernabreena | 5 | 11 | 27,225 | 40.8% | 1,834 |
| Lucan | 5 | 15 | 25,920 | 45% | 1,926 |
| Palmerstown-Fonthill | 5 | 17 | 26,182 | 37.8% | 1,616 |
| Rathfarnham-Templeogue | 7 | 16 | 41,440 | 46.9% | 2,406 |
| Tallaght-Central | 6 | 18 | 30,256 | 42.6% | 1,806 |
| Tallaght-South | 5 | 14 | 24,505 | 31.5% | 1,257 |
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 40 councillors on South Dublin County Council, women hold 19
Everyone elected to South Dublin County Council across its 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 10 | 1 | 10 | 25.7% |
| Fine Gael | 9 | 5 | 6 | 17.6% |
| Fianna Fáil | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13.6% |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12.9% |
| People Before Profit–Solidarity | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6.7% |
| Labour Party | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7.8% |
| Social Democrats | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.3% |
| Irish Freedom Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1% |
| Independent Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.2% |
19 of the 40 councillors are women, 48%; across all 31 councils the share is 26%. 28 sat on the council before the election and 12 are new to it.
Every member of South Dublin County Council
| Councillor | Party | Area | Returning or new |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Timmons | Independent | Clondalkin | Re-elected |
| Darragh Adelaide | People Before Profit–Solidarity | Clondalkin | New |
| Trevor Gilligan | Fianna Fáil | Clondalkin | Re-elected |
| Shirley O'Hara | Fine Gael | Clondalkin | Re-elected |
| Linda Decourcy | Independent Ireland | Clondalkin | New |
| William Carey | Sinn Féin | Clondalkin | Re-elected |
| Eoin Ó Broin | Social Democrats | Clondalkin | Re-elected |
| Alan Edge | Independent | Firhouse-Bohernabreena | Re-elected |
| Brian Lawlor | Fine Gael | Firhouse-Bohernabreena | Re-elected |
| Emma Murphy | Fianna Fáil | Firhouse-Bohernabreena | Re-elected |
| Sarah Barnes | Fine Gael | Firhouse-Bohernabreena | New |
| Róisín Mannion | Sinn Féin | Firhouse-Bohernabreena | New |
| Paul Nicholas Gogarty | Independent | Lucan | Re-elected |
| Vicki Casserly | Fine Gael | Lucan | Re-elected |
| Liona O'Toole | Independent | Lucan | Re-elected |
| Caroline Brady | Fine Gael | Lucan | New |
| Joanna Tuffy | Labour Party | Lucan | Re-elected |
| Shane Moynihan | Fianna Fáil | Palmerstown-Fonthill | Re-elected |
| Alan Hayes | Independent | Palmerstown-Fonthill | Re-elected |
| Glen Moore | Irish Freedom Party | Palmerstown-Fonthill | New |
| Niamh Fennel | Sinn Féin | Palmerstown-Fonthill | New |
| Madeleine Johansson | People Before Profit–Solidarity | Palmerstown-Fonthill | Re-elected |
| Pamela Kearns | Labour Party | Rathfarnham-Templeogue | Re-elected |
| Ronan McMahon | Independent | Rathfarnham-Templeogue | Re-elected |
| Ciarán Ahern | Labour Party | Rathfarnham-Templeogue | New |
| Yvonne Collins | Fianna Fáil | Rathfarnham-Templeogue | Re-elected |
| Lynn McCrave | Fine Gael | Rathfarnham-Templeogue | Re-elected |
| David McManus | Fine Gael | Rathfarnham-Templeogue | Re-elected |
| Justin Sinnott | Social Democrats | Rathfarnham-Templeogue | Re-elected |
| Mick Duff | Independent | Tallaght-Central | Re-elected |
| Teresa Costello | Fianna Fáil | Tallaght-Central | Re-elected |
| Britto Pereppadan | Fine Gael | Tallaght-Central | New |
| Patrick Pearse Holohan | Independent | Tallaght-Central | Re-elected |
| Jess Spear | People Before Profit–Solidarity | Tallaght-Central | New |
| Niamh Whelan | Sinn Féin | Tallaght-Central | New |
| Patrick Pearse Holohan | Independent | Tallaght-South | Re-elected |
| Baby Pereppadan | Fine Gael | Tallaght-South | Re-elected |
| Dermot Richardson | Independent | Tallaght-South | Re-elected |
| Kay Keane | People Before Profit–Solidarity | Tallaght-South | New |
| Louise Dunne | Sinn Féin | Tallaght-South | Re-elected |
The council: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
First preferences in Clondalkin, June 2024
Each candidate’s first-preference votes; the tick is the quota of 1,601. Elected candidates are in bold.
First-preference share by party in Clondalkin
The tick is the party’s share across all of Ireland.
Turnout was 40.6%, 13,080 of 32,221 registered voters: the 155th-highest of 166 local electoral areas (all of them: 49.4%). With 12,801 valid votes and 7 seats the quota was 1,601; the count ran to 15 rounds. Francis Timmons (Independent) passed the quota on first preferences; transfers filled the other 6. Eoin Ó Broin (Social Democrats), 8th on first preferences, won a seat on transfers, overtaking Ciaran Power (Fianna Fáil), who was 7th. Trevor Gilligan (Fianna Fáil) took the last seat with 1,365 votes at the final count, 232 more than Ciaran Power (Fianna Fáil), on 1,133.
Every candidate, count by count (15 counts)
| Candidate | Party | First preferences | Result | Votes at the end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eoin Ó Broin | Social Democrats | 901 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 1,594 |
| Shirley O'Hara | Fine Gael | 987 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 1,483 |
| Linda Decourcy | Independent Ireland | 972 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 1,461 |
| Trevor Gilligan | Fianna Fáil | 1,003 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 1,365 |
| Darragh Adelaide | People Before Profit–Solidarity | 1,140 | Elected at count 15, on the quota | 1,718 |
| William Carey | Sinn Féin | 965 | Elected at count 12, on the quota | 1,601 |
| Francis Timmons | Independent | 1,988 | Elected at count 1, on the quota | 1,601 |
| Mahim Rizvi | Independent | 30 | Excluded at count 3 | – |
| Viktor Kozyrev | Independent | 135 | Excluded at count 4 | – |
| Kahir Ullah | Independent | 144 | Excluded at count 5 | – |
| Laura Donaghy | Green Party | 197 | Excluded at count 6 | – |
| Rosemary Masinga | Sinn Féin | 249 | Excluded at count 7 | – |
| Josh Ellul | Labour Party | 225 | Excluded at count 8 | – |
| Lauralee Robinson | The Irish People | 362 | Excluded at count 9 | – |
| Mark Hampson | Sinn Féin | 403 | Excluded at count 10 | – |
| Trevor Conlon | Independent | 376 | Excluded at count 11 | – |
| Joseph Nugent | Sinn Féin | 431 | Excluded at count 12 | – |
| Lynn Tierney | Social Democrats | 664 | Excluded at count 14 | – |
| Sarah Adedeji | Fine Gael | 698 | Excluded at count 15 | – |
| Ciaran Power | Fianna Fáil | 931 | Not elected, standing at the last count | 1,133 |
How Brittas voted: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
Who stood, and who was elected, June 2024
Every candidate for South Dublin County 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.
111 candidates stood for 40 seats on South Dublin County Council in June 2024, 2.8 for each seat. Turnout across the council was 41.3%, the 30th-highest of 31 councils. Independent elected 10 of its 25 candidates. 43 of the 111 candidates were women (39%; 31% across the country), and 25 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.
Brittas is in Dublin Mid-West
5 TDs elected to the Dáil by single transferable vote on 29 November 2024, the whole constituency’s count.
Fine Gael · Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality
oireachtas.ie ↗Sinn Féin
oireachtas.ie ↗Sinn Féin
oireachtas.ie ↗Independent
oireachtas.ie ↗Fianna Fáil
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 Mid-West, November 2024
Each party’s share of first preferences in Dublin Mid-West
Turnout was 55.9%, 47,930 of 85,769 registered voters: the 38th-highest of 43 Dáil constituencies (all of them: 59.7%). The quota was 7,913: 47,476 valid votes for 5 seats, counted over 13 rounds. Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Féin) reached the quota on first preferences alone, and transfers decided the other 4. Paul Nicholas Gogarty (Independent), 6th on first preferences, won a seat on transfers, overtaking Vicki Casserly (Fine Gael), who was 5th. The last seat went to Paul Nicholas Gogarty (Independent) with 7,106 votes at the final count, 891 ahead of Eoin Ó Broin (Social Democrats), who had 6,215.
Every candidate, count by count (13 counts)
| Candidate | Party | First preferences | Result | Votes at the end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Moynihan | Fianna Fáil | 4,746 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 7,231 |
| Paul Nicholas Gogarty | Independent | 3,646 | Elected at the last count, below the quota | 7,106 |
| Emer Higgins | Fine Gael | 4,798 | Elected at count 12, on the quota | 7,913 |
| Mark Ward | Sinn Féin | 5,323 | Elected at count 9, on the quota | 7,923 |
| Eoin Ó Broin | Sinn Féin | 9,892 | Elected at count 1, on the quota | 7,913 |
| Robert Coyle | The Irish People | 348 | Excluded at count 3 | – |
| Seanán Ó Coistín | Independent | 123 | Excluded at count 3 | – |
| Karla Doran | Green Party | 637 | Excluded at count 4 | – |
| Lynda Prendergast | Fianna Fáil | 850 | Excluded at count 5 | – |
| Alan Hayes | Independent | 855 | Excluded at count 6 | – |
| Colm Quinn | Aontú | 1,492 | Excluded at count 7 | – |
| Glen Moore | Irish Freedom Party | 1,435 | Excluded at count 8 | – |
| Francis Timmons | Labour Party | 2,270 | Excluded at count 9 | – |
| Gino Kenny | People Before Profit–Solidarity | 2,608 | Excluded at count 10 | – |
| Linda de Courcy | Independent Ireland | 1,823 | Excluded at count 11 | – |
| Vicki Casserly | Fine Gael | 3,723 | Excluded at count 12 | – |
| Eoin Ó Broin | Social Democrats | 2,907 | Not elected, standing at the last count | 6,215 |
Dáil Éireann: same source as Who’s in charge, above.
€1,401 per resident: South Dublin County 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 16th-highest of the 31 councils per resident; across all of them it is €1,551. The budget is up 8% on 2025, when it was €391.9M.
Commercial rates on businesses pay for 37% of the budget. Its annual rate on valuation is 0.2800, the 16th-highest of the 31 councils that rate on revalued property. The Local Property Tax brings in another 5%.
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 | €192.2M | €638 | €174.3M | 10% |
| Roads and transport | €46M | €153 | €41.9M | 10% |
| Water services | €12.3M | €41 | €16.2M | -24% |
| Planning and development | €37.1M | €123 | €32.9M | 13% |
| Environment and fire | €52.3M | €174 | €50.9M | 3% |
| Libraries, parks and amenities | €68.7M | €228 | €62.2M | 11% |
| Agriculture, education, health and welfare | €1.5M | €5 | €1.8M | -12% |
| Other services | €12.4M | €41 | €11.7M | 6% |
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).
Each of South Dublin County Council’s 40 councillors speaks for about 7,530 residents
Residents per councillor on each of the 31 councils.
South Dublin County Council has 40 councillors for 301,075 residents: about 7,530 each, the 3rd-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 Brittas is run
Check, register or update your address online; the register closes 15 days before a poll (Sundays and holidays aside).
checktheregister.ie ↗Potholes, broken lights, dumping and graffiti, sent to the council.
FixYourStreet.ie ↗Council and municipal district meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
sdcc.ie ↗Anyone may make a submission within five weeks of an application, for a fee of €20.
sdcc.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 Brittas is run
Which council runs Brittas?
The one council for Brittas is South Dublin County Council: Ireland has a single tier of local government.
How many councillors does Brittas have?
The Clondalkin local electoral area elects 7 councillors: Francis Timmons (Independent), Darragh Adelaide (People Before Profit–Solidarity), Trevor Gilligan (Fianna Fáil), Shirley O'Hara (Fine Gael), Linda Decourcy (Independent Ireland), William Carey (Sinn Féin), Eoin Ó Broin (Social Democrats).
Which party has the most seats on South Dublin County Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Independent 10 · Fine Gael 9 · Fianna Fáil 5 · Sinn Féin 5 · People Before Profit–Solidarity 4 · Labour Party 3 · Social Democrats 2 · Independent Ireland 1 · Irish Freedom Party 1 of 40 seats; a majority needs 21.
Who are Brittas’s TDs?
Dublin Mid-West elects 5 TDs: Emer Higgins (Fine Gael), Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Féin), Mark Ward (Sinn Féin), Paul Nicholas Gogarty (Independent) and Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fáil).
What was the turnout in Brittas?
In Clondalkin, 40.6% of registered voters turned out in June 2024 (Ireland: 49.4%). In Dublin Mid-West, 55.9% in November 2024 (59.7%).
When are the next elections in Brittas?
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 South Dublin County spend?
South Dublin County Council plans to spend €422.6M 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).