Page "County Dublin" Paragraph 4

The area lost its administrative county status in 1994, with Section 9 Part 1 ( a ) of the Local Government ( Dublin ) Act, 1993 stating that " the county shall cease to exist.

" At that time, and in response to a European Council report highlighting Ireland as the most centralised country in the European Union, it was decided that a single County Dublin was unmanageable and undemocratic from a local government perspective.

In discussing the legislation to dissolve Dublin County Council, Avril Doyle TD said, " The Bill before us today effectively abolishes County Dublin, and as one born and bred in these parts of Ireland I find it rather strange that we in this House are abolishing County Dublin.

I am not sure whether Dubliners realise that that is what we are about today, but in effect that is the case.