Constituencies
Ireland is divided into 43 voting constituencies. These are political areas from where TDs are elected to represent the people in that area. Each constituency has at least three TDs and no more than five.
# constituencies - Sunday 17 March, 2013
Senators, rebel TD and Dublin Mayor in running for Mitchell’s MEP seat
Former world champion runner Eamonn Coghlan is among the favourites to run for Fine Gael in Dublin in next year’s European elections but there are others in contention…
# constituencies - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Constituency-by-constituency: How you voted
Which electoral area had the highest proportion of ‘Yes’ votes? Which one had the highest percentage of ‘No’ ballots? And into which top 10 does the Taoiseach’s home constituency fall?
# constituencies - Saturday 23 June, 2012
Here is the week’s news… skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: A “no loaves, no fishes” Eucharistic Congress; TDs free to terrorise old constituencies…
# constituencies - Thursday 21 June, 2012
The Daily Fix: Thursday
All the day’s main news, plus a few bits and pieces you may have missed along the way…
# constituencies - Friday 1 June, 2012
As it happened: Referendum count returns a ‘Yes’ majority
We liveblogged all the results, reactions and fallout from the Fiscal Compact referendum here…. Catch up on what you missed.
Referendum roundup: The state of play at midday
The ‘Yes’ vote is ahead in the tallies although official results not in yet.
# constituencies - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Census 2011: Over half the population lives in Leinster
Co Laois boasts the largest increase in population, while the highest growth of any constituency was recorded in Dublin North.
# constituencies - Friday 3 February, 2012
Taoiseach, Noonan, Howlin among ministers claiming unvouched TDs’ expenses
While the country struggles under immense financial pressure, eight cabinet ministers take expenses that can’t be audited.
This is how much your TD claimed in expenses in 2011
Figures released by the Oireachtas detail exactly how much every TD in the country claimed in expenses from the day they got elected until the end of December 2011.
# constituencies - Thursday 12 January, 2012
‘Swords question’ dominates submissions on Dáil boundary changes
Of the 533 submissions published by the Constituency Commission so far, 238 relate to Swords’ placement in Dublin West.
# constituencies - Tuesday 10 January, 2012
Explainer: How are Ireland’s constituencies being redrawn?
The Constituency Commission is cutting the number of TDs and redrawing our electoral map. Here’s everything you need to know about what will happen…
# constituencies - Thursday 30 June, 2011
Poll: How many TDs should be in the next Dail?
A Boundary Commission is set to redraw constituency lines and lead to a reduction in the number of TDs in the next Dail. But how many should we lose – if any at all?
Number of TDs could be cut by 20
The change in Ireland’s population, to be revealed in Census figures today, will lead to constituency boundary changes.
# constituencies - Wednesday 4 May, 2011
Government unveils plans to reduce number of TDs
The next Constituency Commission will be told to provide for a reduced number – reducing the Dáil by about a dozen.
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