Government and Politics
The town is governed by the nine member Kinsale Town Council. As of the 2009 elections, the council had two members each from Fianna Fáil (centre right), Fine Gael (centre right), and the Labour Party (centre left) and a member from Sinn Féin (left wing), the Green Party (centre left) and an Independent. The current mayor is Billy Lynch(Independent) . The town forms part of the Bandon electoral district on Cork County Council and is part of the Cork South-West constituency for Dail Eireann elections.
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