The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment.

Up until then administration services in Dundalk were separated into two different buildings, the former Louth Infirmary at The Crescent and in Crowe Street.

[5] Both the crests of Dundalk and County Louth reference the legend of Táin Bó Cúailnge.

[6][7] Members of Louth County Council are elected for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) from multi-member local electoral areas (LEAs).

County Louth is divided into borough and municipal districts and LEAs, defined by electoral divisions.

Under a provision of the Local Government Act the elected members must vote confidence in a new chief executive and also have the power to remove one from office.

Members of the CPG Team include the elected chairpersons of each Strategic Policy Committee (SPC), the Directors of Service and the Meetings Administrator.

There are five SPC chairpersons in Louth County Council and Directors of Service serve on each with an agreed workplan.

The Audit Committee must always remain independent from the council though publishes minutes and an agreed workplan.