Deletion of John Bailey (Irish politician)

Comment: I am the main author of this article) The subject of this article is a member of the fifth largest local authority in Ireland. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council covers an urban population of 194,038 http://www.cso.ie/census/census2006_volume_1.htm and is a Table of administrative divisions by country|1st level subnational administrative division as required by . The subject of this article has significant press coverage at national level. 50 references on the national broadcaster's website (RTÉ) http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22john+bailey%22+site:rte.ie&meta=, 77 references from The Irish Times http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22john+bailey%22+site:irishtimes.com&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=, and 190 references from The Irish Independent http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22john+bailey%22+site:independent.ie&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: While no-one in their right mind wants to see individual articles for each and every county & city councillor from Ireland, I'm afraid that, according to wikipedia policy , the poster above is correct in saying that he meets  notability criteria by belonging to the sub-national first tier of governance in Ireland. That is: "People who have held international, national or Table of administrative country subdivisions by country|first-level sub-national political office, including members of a legislature and judges". In Ireland, city and county councils form the first level sub national tier in Ireland. Therefore members of the 29 city and county councils in Ireland '''do''' meet  criteria and Bailey is a member of one of these councils (Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council). God help us. Bailey should probably met notability criteria anyway. His coveage in national print media is substantial.  —Preceding
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: There's no need to argue about whtether the subject passes , because it has been shown that he passes the WP:general notability guideline|general notability guideline, which is sufficient for keeping
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)