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Their arrangement meant that the position of Irish prime minister, the taoiseach, was swapped halfway through the term. Mr Martin held the role until December 2022, when Leo Varadkar took over.
The 33rd Dáil first met on 20 February 2020, and could have been dissolved no later than 19 February 2025. This meant that, per a calculation in The Irish Times, the latest date the election could have been held was 22 March 2025. [10] [11] In June 2020, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party formed a coalition government.
The 34th Dáil was elected at the 2024 general election on 29 November 2024 and first met on 18 December 2024. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It will sit with the 27th Seanad as the Houses of the Oireachtas. There are 174 TDs in the 34th Dáil, an ...
Irish elections: Political parties plot path to government Tight three-way race in Irish general election, RTÉ exit poll suggests How the Republic of Ireland will elect its next parliament
When the Dáil is dissolved, the Clerk of the Dáil must issue a writ of election to the returning officer for each constituency. [2] The election must take place on a date set by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 18 to 25 days (disregarding any excluded day, being Sundays, public holidays and Good Friday) after the writs ...
In the aftermath of the last general election in 2020, the two longtime rivals, whose political divide can be traced back to the Irish civil war of the 1920s, came together to form the coalition.
There were 685 candidates in the 2024 general election. 248 of the candidates were women, making a record 36% of the total. There were 171 independent candidates. The five-seat Louth had the most candidates at 25, while the three-seat Wicklow–Wexford had the fewest at 10. Twenty registered political parties fielded candidates. Five parties ...
Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said it is "too close to call" how many seats his party will win in the Irish general election. Exit polls suggest a close ...