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The current Lord Mayor of Dublin is Mícheál MacDonncha. He is a member of the Sinn Féin political party, which is currently the third largest party by percent in Ireland. The Lord Mayor is elected by the City Council once per year and has been since 1840 after King Charles II changed the position title from Mayor to Lord Mayor. The Local Government Act of 2001 stated that the Lord Mayor would be directly elected starting in 2004. This act was repealed in 2003 and has been brought up since in The Local Government Act of 2014, which provides a more detailed description of the position. It was discussed that the people of Dublin would vote on if they wanted to directly elect the Lord Mayor but this has yet to make it to the people for a vote.

The Dublin City council consists of 5 administrative areas; the Central area, North Central area, North West area, South Central area and South East area. These five areas are then broken down into smaller electoral areas that make up where the City Council members are representing. The electoral areas for the City Council are blin Ballyfermot-Drimnagh, Ballymun, Beaumont-Donaghmede, Cabra-Finglas, Clontarf, Crumlin-Kimmage, North Inner City, Pembroke-South Dock, and Rathgar-Rathmines.

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In 2015 Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage leading to the 34th Amendment of the Constitution. Throughout Dublin there was a 60% or higher Yes vote, with most areas of Dublin voting 70% or more Yes.