County council

Clare County Council

Comhairle Contae an Chláir

Seats: 28
County: Clare
Local electoral areas: 5

Council website Meetings and minutes

Local electoral areas

EnnisAntoinette Baker Bashua · Clare Colleran Molloy · Pat Daly · Tommy Guilfoyle · Mary Howard · Paul Murphy · Tom O'Callaghan7 seats
EnnistymonJoe Garrihy · Joe Killeen · Bill Slattery · Shane Talty4 seats
KillaloePat Burke · Pat Hayes · Tony O'Brien · Alan O'Callaghan · Conor Ryan5 seats
KilrushDinny Gould · Gabriel Keating · Ian Lynch · Rita McInerney · Michael Shannon5 seats
ShannonMichael Begley · John Crowe · David Griffin · Rachel Hartigan · Tony Mulcahy · Pat O'Gorman · James Ryan7 seats

Party composition

Fianna Fáil14
Fine Gael9
Independent3
Sinn Féin2

28 of 28 seats filled as of 4 November 2026.

Changes since June 2024

19 Dec 2024Conor Ryan (Fine Gael, Killaloe) co-opted, replacing Joe Cooney. Source
19 Dec 2024James Ryan (Sinn Féin, Shannon) co-opted, replacing Donna McGettigan. Source
November 2024Joe Cooney (Fine Gael, Killaloe) left the council — elected to Dáil Éireann. Replaced by Conor Ryan. Source
November 2024Donna McGettigan (Sinn Féin, Shannon) left the council — elected to Dáil Éireann. Replaced by James Ryan. Source

Votes

No named votes from Clare County Council are published yet. The minutes from May 2025 have all been read and record votes as totals only. Minutes from June 2024 to April 2025 are no longer on the council’s website.

Roster checked on 4 November 2026. Sources: Clare County Council — Councillors by area, 2024 Clare County Council election (Wikipedia), Clare FM — Newly co-opted councillors formally take their seats (19 Dec 2024), Clare Echo — James Ryan chosen to take McGettigan's seat (10 Dec 2024).