After the elections in 2014 Fianna Fáil managed to broker a deal with the Independents, who number 11 in the outgoing council. Outgoing Fine Gael councillors Derry Canty and Deirdre Forde are switching to run for the city council, due to the expansion of the city boundary. Meanwhile, three of their county councillors — James O’Donovan, John A Collins, and Mary Hegarty — have decided to hang up their political boots. His party had seven councillors in the previous council, but suffered a meltdown during the last local elections. That would mean there will be more new faces in the chamber come June 7 than old ones.

Source: Irish Examiner May 20, 2019 02:15 UTC