The Local Government and Public Services Union was a trade union representing workers employed by local government or some state-run bodies in Ireland.
The union was founded in 1919 as the Irish Local Government Officials' Union. By 1971, it had some members outside local government, such as in the Irish Aviation Authority. As a result, it changed its name to the "Local Government and Public Services Union".John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6, p.373
In 1991, the union merged with the Union of Professional and Technical Civil Servants and the Irish Municipal Employees Trade Union to form the Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union.
General Secretaries 1919: Michael Price 1920: Patrick O'Byrne 1921: John P. Keane 1921: Michael Dunne 1926: Leo Henderson 1931: Patrick O'Byrne 1931: Denis Hagerty 1932: Cecil J. Burgess 1939: Nicholas J. Ffrench 1940: Ann Dunne 1941: Archie Heron 1944: Ann Dunne 1947: J. J. O'Donoghue 1959: Ann Dunne 1960: Thomas Reynolds 1962: Ann Dunne 1964: Harold O'SullivanMartin Maguire, Servants to the public: a history of the Local Government and Public Services Union, 1901-1990, pp.178, 198 1984: Phil Flynn
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