
Dundalk Municipal District

On 7 February 2014, the Dundalk Municipal District was created under the S.I. No. 58/2014 - County of Louth Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014.
It has 13 elected members who meet once per calendar month, and who are also members of the Louth County Council, the district encompasses two Local Electoral Areas; "Dundalk —Carlingford", and "Dundalk — South", serving a population of 55,806.
Councillors by electoral area.
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
Cathaoirleach (Chairman) & Leas Chathaoirleach (Deputy Chairman) of Municipal District.
Every year, each local authority elects a chair called the Cathaoirleach for a term of one year and a deputy chair called the Leas-Cathaoirleach from among its members. The members elected for each municipal district elect a Cathaoirleach and a Leas-Chathaoirleach for their grouping. The Cathaoirleach chairs the meetings of the local authority or municipal district. Since June 2014 there has been five Cathaoirleach and five Leas-Cathaoirleach of the Dundalk Municipal District Council.
Cathaoirleach & Leas Chathaoirleach party distribution.
Breakdown of the times the Cathaoirleach (chair) was held by each political party in Louth since June 2014: