Editing Mayor (section)

===Ireland===
In the [[Republic of Ireland]], the head of a [[borough#Ireland|borough]] corporation was called "mayor" from the [[Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840]] until boroughs were abolished by the [[Local Government Reform Act 2014]]. [[City status in Ireland|City]] council chairs are "mayor" (or "lord mayor" in the cases [[Lord Mayor of Dublin|of Dublin]] and [[Lord Mayor of Cork|of Cork]]). The [[Local Government Act 2001]] allowed [[Counties of Ireland|county]] councils to style their chairperson as "mayor" and some do so.  Since 2000 [[Proposed directly elected mayor for the Dublin Metropolitan Area|there have been proposals]] for a directly elected mayor of the [[Dublin Metropolitan Area]]. The [[2019 Irish local elections|2019 local elections]] included plebiscites in three areas on directly elected mayors, of which that for [[Mayor of Limerick]] was passed, with the first direct election due as part of the [[2024 Irish local elections|2024 local elections]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martyn |first1=Petula |title=Limerick prepares to vote for directly elected mayor |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2024/0206/1430705-limerick-prepares-to-vote-for-directly-elected-mayor/ |access-date=8 March 2024 |work=RTÉ News |date=6 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>