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To stand for election as president of Ireland, candidates must: be a citizen of Ireland; be at least 35 years of age; be nominated by: at least twenty of the 234 serving members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or; at least four of the 31 county or city councils, or; themselves, in the case of a former or retiring president who has served one 7 ...
The President of Ireland is formally elected by the citizens of Ireland once in every seven years, except in the event of premature vacancy, when an election must be held within sixty days. The President is directly elected by secret ballot under the system of the instant-runoff voting (although the Constitution describes it as "the system of ...
The Irish presidential election determines who serves as the President of Ireland, the head of state of Ireland.The last election took place on 26 October 2018. Where only one candidate is nominated, that candidate is declared elected without a ballot; this has occurred on six occasions.
The president of Ireland (Irish: ... (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015 to reduce the age of candidacy from 35 to 21, ...
The Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015 (bill no. 6 of 2015) was a proposed amendment to the constitution of Ireland to reduce the minimum age of candidacy for the office of President of Ireland from 35 to 21.
Voters across Ireland cast their ballots in the country’s general election on 29 November and, with all seats counted, ...
The leaders of Sinn Fein, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail debated on RTE television.
The 1876 constitution set the age for parliamentary elections as 30. This remained unchanged until 13 October 2006, when it was lowered to 25 through a constitutional amendment. In 2017, it was further lowered to 18, the same as the voting age. [74] In presidential elections the candidacy age is 40.