S.I. No. 370/1998 - Borough of Drogheda Local Electoral Areas Order, 1998


S.I. No. 370 of 1998.

BOROUGH OF DROGHEDA LOCAL ELECTORAL AREAS ORDER, 1998

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 24 of the Local Government Act, 1994 (No. 8 of 1994), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Borough of Drogheda Local Electoral Areas Order, 1998.

2. In this Order "the Borough" means the Borough of Drogheda as altered for the purposes of local elections by the Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 114 of 1994 ) and references to the borough boundary shall be construed accordingly.

3. (1) The Borough of Drogheda shall be divided into the local electoral areas which are named in the first column of the Schedule to this Order.

(2) Each such local electoral area shall consist of the area set forth in the second column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of such local electoral area.

(3) The number of members of the council of the Borough of Drogheda to be elected for each such local electoral area shall be the number set forth in the third column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of that local electoral area.

(4) The number of the said members to be elected for each such local electoral area who are to be aldermen shall be the number set forth in the fourth column of the Schedule to this Order opposite the name of that local electoral area.

4. (1) A reference in the Schedule to this Order to a line drawn along any bridge, river, road or street shall be construed as a reference to an imaginary line drawn along the centre of such bridge, river, road or street.

(2) A reference in the Schedule to this Order to the point at which any bridge, river, road or street intersects any other bridge, river, road or street shall be construed as a reference to the point at which an imaginary line drawn along the centre of one would be intersected by an imaginary line drawn along the centre of the other.

(3) A reference in the Schedule to this Order to the point at which a road or river intersects the borough boundary shall be construed as a reference to the point at which an imaginary line drawn along the centre of such road or river would intersect the said boundary.

5. The Borough of Drogheda Local Electoral Areas Order, 1994 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1994 ) is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Local Electoral Area

Description of Local Electoral Area

Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area

Number of those Members who are to be Aldermen

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Drogheda Number One

That part of the Borough situated within a line drawn as follows: Commencing at the point where Ballymakenny road intersects the borough boundary; thence commencing in a south-easterly direction and proceeding along Ballymakenny Road and Hardman's Gardens to the intersection of Hardman's Gardens by the imaginary easterly projection of the rear boundary of the curtilage of houses numbered 39 to 44 Patrick Street; thence commencing in a westerly direction and proceeding along the said Imaginary projection and the said boundary to its junction with the eastern boundary of the curtilage of number 30 Sráid na Cille; thence in a southerly direction along the said boundary to its junction with the southern boundary of the said curtilage; thence in a westerly direction along the said boundary and its imaginary westerly projection to its intersection by Sráid na Cille; thence in a northerly direction along Sráid na Cille to its intersection by the imaginary north-easterly projection of the southern boundary of number 1 Sráid na Cille; thence commencing in a south-westerly direction and proceeding along the said imaginary projection, the said boundary and its imaginary north-westerly projection to its intersection by the eastern boundary of number 34 Patrick

3

1

Local Electoral Area

Description of Local Electoral Area

Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area

Number of those Members who are to be Aldermen

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Drogheda Number One (contd)

Street; thence in a north-westerly direction along the said boundary and an imaginary straight line joining the northern end of the last-mentioned boundary and the southern end of the eastern boundary of the Sports Ground immediately to the north of houses numbered 8 to 34 Patrick Street; thence commencing in a north-westerly direction and proceeding along the eastern and northern boundary of the said Sports Ground to its junction with the eastern boundary of the Telecom Éireann Telephone Exchange at Radharc na Páirce; thence in a northerly direction along the said boundary and its imaginary northerly projection to its intersection by Radharc na Páirce; thence in a westerly direction along Radharc na Páirce to its intersection by the imaginary southerly projection of the rear boundary of houses numbered 13 to 16 John Paul Court; thence in a northerly direction along the said imaginary projection and the said boundary to its junction with the northern boundary of number 13 John Paul Court; thence in a westerly direction along the last-mentioned boundary and the rear boundary of numbers 12, 11, 10 and 9 John Paul Court to its intersection by the imaginary southerly projection of the eastern boundary of number 55 George's Street; thence in a northerly direction along the said imaginary projection and the said boundary to its junction with the northern boundary of number 55 George's Street; thence in a north-westerly

Local Electoral Area

Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area

Number of those Members who are to be Aldermen

(1)

(3)

(4)

Drogheda Number One (contd)

direction along the said boundary and its imaginary north-westerly projection to its intersection by George's Street; thence commencing in a southerly direction and proceeding along George's Street, George's Square and the Boyne Bridge to its intersection by the River Boyne; thence commencing in a south-easterly direction and proceeding along the River Boyne to the point at which it intersects the borough boundary; thence commencing in a northerly direction and proceeding along the borough boundary to the starting point.

Drogheda Number Two

That part of the Borough situated within a line drawn as follows: Commencing at the point where Ballymakenny Road intersects the borough boundary; thence commencing in a north-westerly direction and proceeding along the borough boundary to its intersection by the River Boyne; thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the River Boyne to its intersection by the Boyne Bridge; thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the Boyne Bridge, George's Square and George's Street to its intersection by the imaginary north-westerly projection of the northern boundary of number 55 George's Street; thence in a south-easterly direction along the said imaginary projection and the said boundary to its junction with the eastern boundary of number 55 George's Street; thence in a

3

1

Local Electoral Area

Description of Local Electoral Area

Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area

Number of those Members who are to be Aldermen

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Drogheda Number Two (contd)

southerly direction along the said boundary and its imaginary southerly projection to its intersection by the rear boundary of number 9 John Paul Court; thence in an easterly direction along the said rear boundary and the rear boundary of houses numbered 10, 11 and 12 John Paul Court and the northern boundary of number 13 John Paul Court to its junction with the rear boundary of the said number 13 John Paul Court; thence in a southerly direction along the said rear boundary and the rear boundary of houses numbered 14, 15 and 16 John Paul Court and its imaginary southerly projection to its intersection by Radharc na Páirce; thence in an easterly direction along Radharc na Páirce to its intersection by the imaginary northerly projection of the eastern boundary of the Telecom Éireann Telephone Exchange at Radharc na Páirce; thence in a southerly direction along the said imaginary projection and the said boundary to its junction with the northern boundary of the Sports Ground to the south of numbers 14 and 15 Radharc na Páirce; thence commencing in a north-easterly direction and proceeding along the said boundary, the eastern boundary of the said Sports Ground and an imaginary straight line joining the southern end of the eastern boundary of the said Sports Ground and the northern end of the eastern boundary of number 34 Patrick Street; thence in a south-easterly direction along the last-mentioned boundary to its intersection by the imaginary westerly

Local Electoral Area

Description of Local Electoral Area

Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area

Number of those Members who are to be Aldermen

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Drogheda Number Two (contd)

projection of the southern boundary of number 1 Sráid na Cille; thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the said imaginary projection, the said boundary and its imaginary north-easterly projection to its intersection by Sráid na Cille; thence in a southerly direction along Sráid na Cille to its intersection by the imaginary westerly projection of the southern boundary of the curtilage of number 30 Sráid na Cille; thence in an easterly direction along the said imaginary projection and the said boundary to its junction with the eastern boundary of the said curtilage; thence in a northerly direction along the said eastern boundary to its junction with the rear boundary of the curtilage of houses numbered 39 to 44 Patrick Street; thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the said boundary and its imaginary easterly projection to its intersection by Hardman's Gardens; thence commencing in a northerly direction and proceeding along Hardman's Gardens and Ballymakenny Road to the starting point.

Drogheda Number Three

That part of the Borough situated within a line drawn as follows: Commencing at the westernmost intersection of the borough boundary by the River Boyne; thence commencing in an easterly direction and proceeding along the River Boyne to its easternmost intersection by the borough boundary; thence commencing in a southerly direction

6

2

Local Electoral Area

Description of Local Electoral Area

Members to be elected for each Local Electoral Area

Number of those Members who are to be Aldermen

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Drogheda Number Three (contd)

and proceeding along the borough boundary to the starting point.

GIVEN under the official seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government this 30th day of September, 1998.

NOEL DEMPSEY

Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The effect of this Order is to amend the division of the Borough of Drogheda into local electoral areas and to fix the number of members to be elected for each electoral area.