Editing County Cork (section)

==Political and governance==
The local government areas of county Cork and the city of Cork are administered by the [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|local authorities]] of [[Cork County Council]] and [[Cork City Council]] respectively. The boundary between these two areas was altered by the [[2019 Cork boundary change]]. It is part of the [[Southern Region, Ireland|Southern Region]] and has five representatives on the [[Southern Regional Assembly]].<ref name=si573>{{cite ISB |year=2014 |type=si |number=573 |name=Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014 |date=16 December 2014 |access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref>

For elections to [[Dáil Éireann]], the city and county are divided into five constituencies: [[Cork East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East]], [[Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-Central]], [[Cork North-West (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-West]], [[Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-Central]] and [[Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-West]]. Together they return 20 deputies ([[Teachta Dála|TDs]]) to the Dáil.<ref>{{cite ISB |year=2017 |number=39 |schedule=y |name=[[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017]] |date=23 December 2017 |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> It is part of the [[South (European Parliament constituency)|South]] constituency for [[Elections in the European Union|European elections]].<ref>{{cite ISB |year=2019 |number=7 |section=7 |stitle=Substitution of Third Schedule to Principal Act |name=European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2019 |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>