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The working-class area of Fettercairn is being moved from Dublin South-West, home to People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, to Dublin Mid-West, home to party colleague Gino Kenny
New calculus for Michael Fitzmaurice, Paul Kehoe, Aindrias Moynihan and Cathal Berry after population shifts
Agreeing to a fixed-sized Dáil, no more three-seaters and stable constituency boundaries would deprive political anoraks of some excitement but it would be better for democracy
Politicians can at last plan for a campaign ahead with 14 new seats created and constituency boundaries redrawn as Electoral Commission review fires starter gun for the next general election
A referendum to cap the number at 174 would surely find favour with voters, although sitting TDs may be reluctant to contemplate it
Clare now has the highest population per TD in the country, at 31,995
In any constituency review some people will be disappointed, writes the chair of the Electoral Commission
It’s a lot more difficult for smaller parties to win in three-seat constituencies
Electoral Commission: Bigger parties, especially Sinn Féin, are likely to be happier with plans published
Chairwoman notes any shake-up of the current system would require constitutional change
The commission allowed a greater divergence from the national average than before – essentially meaning that TDs in some constituencies will represent more people than those in others
Some people in Arklow, Gorey and Enniscorthy were sceptical about the change
Move will see Dublin Rathdown’s TD count go up to four
Sinn Féin on course to take at least one seat in almost all constituencies and will be in the running for multiple seats in many constituencies
New constituency boundaries sees Dublin gain five extra seats, with one new constituency in Fingal, while new three-seat Wicklow-Wexford constituency also announced
Dublin gains five extra seats, with one new constituency in Fingal, while new three-seat Wicklow-Wexford constituency also announced
A big day for politicians as they await recommendations from the Electoral Commission for changes to the make-up of constituencies
Carlow residents feel that political representation in the constituency has traditionally favoured Kilkenny, but dividing it in two and adding an extra TD could greatly benefit area
It may be the garden of Ireland but recent population growth has made for a distinctly suburban garden
Where the lines end up on the map and how many TDs are allocated to individual constituencies is the subject of fevered anticipation among TDs and would-be-deputies
Minister for Finance says existing system based on ratio of voters to TDs in constituencies has ‘served us well’
Eclipsed mainstream parties contesting seats against backdrop of rampant SF and Independents advancing on the margins
Dividing Dáil seats between Louth and Meath on the east coast is one of several tough calls to be made countrywide
Electoral Commission to deliver its highly anticipated review next week as electoral boundaries are redrawn and number of TDs is increased in line with growing population
All but one of the 39 Dáil constituencies have more than 30,000 people per TD, exceeding the representative people-per-deputy limit set by the Constitution
At a stroke of a pen, the transfer of electoral divisions could rob sitting TDs of crucial votes
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