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The constituency was created in 1979 for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. [3] It has always contained the whole of County Dublin and the city of Dublin only (with the county defined since 1994 as the counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin).
In June 2023, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to add 11 MEPs. [2] [3] This was adopted by the European Council in September 2023. [4] Ireland gained one MEP under this arrangement, increasing from 13 to 14. The Electoral Commission sought submissions on a review of European Parliament Constituencies. [5]
Dublin. The PHC constituency combined the city and county and its index name is 'Dublin'. The IHC and HC (pre-1885) constituencies follow the usual rule and are indexed as 'Dublin' and 'Dublin City'. The Dublin Harbour division of Dublin City is indexed simply as 'Dublin Harbour'.
Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Danske Bank; First Active; ICS Building Society (previously Irish Civil Service Building Society) – investment shares acquired in 1984 by Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland as well as society savers but ran separately for a period until a legislative change after the 1987 General Election.
On May 3, 2022, the European Parliament passed (323 votes to 262) a "legislative resolution on the reform of European electoral law". [4] Among the proposals is the creation of a 28-member pan-Union constituency elected by party-list proportional representation on a list separate from elections for regional constituencies. [5]
Constituency Seats Carlow–Kilkenny: 5 Cavan–Monaghan: 5 Clare: 4 Cork East: 4 Cork North-Central: 5 Cork North-West: 3 Cork South-Central: 5 Cork South-West: 3 Donegal: 5 Dublin Bay North: 5 Dublin Bay South: 4 Dublin Central: 4 Dublin Fingal East: 3 Dublin Fingal West: 3 Dublin Mid-West: 5 Dublin North-West: 3 Dublin Rathdown: 4 Dublin ...
Dublin Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects four deputies ( Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Desmond Geraghty (born 27 October 1943) is an Irish former politician and trade union leader. He was president of SIPTU from 1999 to 2004. He stood unsuccessfully at the 1984 European Parliament election for the Dublin constituency as a Workers' Party candidate.