Politics
Walkinstown is in the extreme south-west of the Dublin City Council area and in local government elections is part of the Crumlin/Kimmage Ward. Since the last local elections in 2009, the local elected representatives on Dublin City Council are:
- Henry Upton (Labour)
- Michael O'Sullivan (Labour)
- Pat Dunne (PBPA)
- Ruairi McGinley (Fine Gael)
Walkinstown is part of the Dublin South–Central Dáil constituency. The elected TD's for the current 31st Dáil Éireann are:
- Catherine Byrne (Fine Gael)
- Eric Byrne (Labour)
- Joan Collins (PBPA)
- Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Féin)
- Michael Conaghan (Labour)
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