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Annual Meeting of Offaly County Council
19th June 2009:
The Annual Meeting of Offaly County Council was held at 2pm on Friday 19th June 2009 in the Council Chamber, Áras an Chontae. Councillor Noel Bourke was elected Cathaoirleach and Councillor Barry Cowen was elected Leas Cathaoirleach.
€1.2m grant approval for Tullamore Canal Corridor Project
22nd October 2009:
The Border, Midland & Western (BMW) and the Southern & Eastern (S&E) Regional Assemblies have announced that they have recently approved grants totalling €28 million to fund Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Urban Transport projects in the National Spatial Strategy designated Gateways and Hub Towns under their respective Regional Operational Programmes 2007-13, which are co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
The four electoral Areas in County Offaly are Birr, Edenderry, Ferbane, and Tullamore.
Offaly has twenty one Councillors, who are elected from each of the four local electoral areas as follows:
Birr electoral area - 4 members
Edenderry electoral area - 6 members
Ferbane electoral area - 4 members
Tullamore electoral area - 7 members
At the Annual Meeting held on Monday June 19th 2009 the following appointments were filled;
Cathaoirleach : Cllr. Noel Bourke
Leas Cathaoirleach : Cllr. Barry Cowen
Cathaoirligh of the Strategic Policy Committees(SPCs)
Housing Policy, Social & Cultural Services
Environmental Policy
Transportation & Infrastructural Policy
Economic Development & Planning Policy
Offaly also has councillors in Tullamore Town Council, Birr Town Council and Edenderry Town Council.