LOOK INSIDE For the latest on housing, arts and libraries WIN tickets to Longitude ELECTION SPECIAL Time to decide Let your voice be heard on 24 May INFORMATION AND NEWS FROM DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL Your lookinside dlr parks Message from Your EXERCISING YOUR An Cathaoirleach MARLAY PARK RIGHT TO VOTE............................ 03 Welcome to this Election Special edition of the TIME: Sep 9am to 8pm | Oct 9am dlr libraries dlr Times - focusing on the upcoming Local and to 6pm | Nov – Jan 9am to 5pm Feb – Mar 9am to 6pm | Apr 9am dlr LEXICON dlr PUBLIC INFORMATION European elections and referendum and the choices that you will make on the 24th of May. to 9pm | May – Aug 9am to 10pm Haigh Terrace, Dún Laoghaire dlr Age Well Expo ............................... 04 The Local Elections will decide the priorities of TEL: 01 280 1147 TIME: Mon – Thur 9.30am – 8pm Housing Delivery Programme ............... the Council in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown for SHANGANAGH PARK 09 Fri to Sat 9.30am – 5pm | Sun the next five years and I would encourage all TIME: Open Access 12noon – 4pm dlr STAFF PROFILE of you to engage with the issues in our local communities and cast your informed vote on the PEOPLE’S PARK BLACKROCK Mary T. Daly ..................................... 04 day. I am honoured to have been Cathaoirleach TIME: Dec – Mar 8am to 4.30pm Blackrock Town Hall, for the past year and to have had met so Apr – May 8am to 7.30pm | Jun – Main Street Sep 8am to 8pm | Oct – Nov 8am many local people. I look forward to speaking TEL: 01 288 8117 ELECTION 2019 SPECIAL ......... 05 to 7.30pm with many of you over the next few weeks. TIME: Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am – Why Vote in the Local Elections? ......... 05 1pm, 2pm – 5pm | Tue & Thur During the life of this Council... ............ 06 CLLR. 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Feature Exercising your right to vote this May On Friday 24 May Local Elections European Elections Local Elections are held every five years and offer All EU citizens living in Ireland, and aged 18 years people all over Ireland you the chance to vote for the candidates you or over, are also entitled to vote in the European want to represent you and your community at local Parliament Elections. will exercise their right government level. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the European to vote in the Local and Every person aged 18 years or over, regardless Union, Dublin will be granted an extra seat in the of their citizenship, and who is a resident of Dún European Parliament, moving from three to four European Elections and Laoghaire-Rathdown is entitled to vote in the local MEPs. A list of the Dublin candidates can be found at the Divorce Referendum. elections for the electoral area in which they live. www.dublincountyreturningofficer.com There are six local electoral areas in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown administrative area, with The Divorce Referendum each area electing a number of Councillors based Only Irish Citizens aged 18 years and over can With the kaleidoscope of colourful election on the size of its population. The Blackrock and vote in a referendum. Irish Citizens are being candidate’s posters in our communities and the Stillorgan areas will elect six Councillors each, asked if we should ease our divorce laws via two prevalence of political discussion on the airwaves, and the Dundrum, Dún Laoghaire, Glencullen- proposed amendments. television, print and online media, you will no Sandyford and Killiney-Shankill areas will elect seven doubt be aware that we are in the thick of election Councillors each. To vote in any of these elections you must be on season! On this occasion your vote is being called our register of electors. To check if you are on the A list of all nominated candidates can be found for on three separate but very important polls. register you can visit: voter.ie. Alternatively, details at www.dlrcoco.ie/council-democracy/local- Every single one of your votes count! can be checked at our offices in Dún Laoghaire, elections-2019. Dundrum and your public library, or local post office or Garda station. dlr times 03 INFORMATION AND NEWS FROM DÚN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL Public Information dlr staff profile Mary T. Daly RETURNING OFFICER FOR LOCAL dlr Age Well Expo ELECTIONS 9 June | The Pavilion at Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin DIRECTOR FOR CORPORATE, COMMUNICATIONS, GOVERNANCE, I.T. AND TOURISM Following 31 years working in local government Mary joined GARETH CHANEY GARETH Dlr in September 2017 as Director of Services. Part of Mary’s role as the Director for Corporate is the management of the dlr Elected Members, Council Meetings and she has been appointed the Returning Officer for the 2019 Local Elections taking place on Friday the 24 May. The local elections will be held in conjunction with Elections to the European Parliament and the Divorce Referendum. What is the role of the Local Authority Returning Officer? The Returning Office for local elections is responsible for all matters in relation to the forthcoming local elections including the Nomination of Candidate process, issuing of the Polling Information Cards, preparation of Ballot Papers, Postal Voting and the conducting of the Count for the local election. (L to R) Monica Condron, John O’Neill, Maureen McCall, Tom Kavanagh and Gabrielle Lowe at the launch of the dlr Age Well Who is eligible and what is the procedure for Nomination Expo which will take place at the Pavilion in Leopardstown Racecourse on Sunday 9 June. of Candidates? A person who reached 18 years of age on or before polling day is On Sunday 9 June, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County eligible to stand for election and may nominate himself or herself Council presents the first dlr Age Well Expo in association as a candidate for local election or with his or her consent may be nominated by a person who is registered as a local government with the dlr Age Friendly Alliance.