Author Archives: Adrian Kavanagh

About Adrian Kavanagh

Lecturer at the Maynooth University Department of Geography. Email: adrian.p.kavanagh@mu.ie

Sinn Féin candidates for the 2024 County and City Council Elections

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 27th July 2023 with updates as new candidate nominations announced. Any links in this post are to online announcements of candidate selections – there will be no specific links to candidate webpages. The third of my series of … Continue reading →

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Female candidates contesting the 2024 County and City Council Elections

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 12th July 2023 – post updated as and when I become aware of female candidate selections (or declarations in the case of non-party candidates), or when a female candidates withdraw. Latest post update – 12th May 2024. 314 female … Continue reading →

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Fine Gael candidates for the 2024 County and City Council Elections

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 4th July 2023, with updates as I become aware of candidate selections, or candidates being added to party tickets by party headquarters, Any links in this post are to online media announcements of candidate selections – … Continue reading →

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Fianna Fáil candidates for the 2024 County and City Council Elections

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 4th July 2023, with updates as I become aware of candidate selections, or candidates being added to party tickets by party headquarters, Any links in this post are to online media announcements of candidate selections – … Continue reading →

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2023 Dáil Constituency Review: My Submission to the Electoral Commission

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Adrian Kavanagh

Copy of the submission that I made to the Electoral Commission in relation to their current review of Dáil constituency boundaries (on 5 May 2023). The actual submission can be viewed on the Electoral Commission’s website here. To the Electoral … Continue reading →

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Census 2022 Provisional Figures and New Dáil Constituency Boundaries – A Case for Six Seat Constituencies?

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 4th July 2022 The provisional population-by-area Census 2022 were published on 23rd June 2022, showing a population level within the state of 5,123,536, marking a notable increase (of 173,613 – 7.6%) on the population level recorded for the 2016 … Continue reading →

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Selected/Declared Candidates for the Dublin Bay South By-Election (8th July 2021)

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 15th June 2021 This post will list all the officially selected/declared candidates for the upcoming Dublin Bay South by-election, which will take place on Thursday 8th July 2021.

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Ministerial and Junior Ministerial appointments by Dáil constituency (June/July 2020)

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 27th June 2020 This post will look at ministerial appointments by Dáil constituency and by region, following the election of Micheál Martin as the new Taoiseach on 27th June 2020 and the subsequent appointment of a new cabinet, including … Continue reading →

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Elections to 26th Seanad (2020): Lists of Officially Nominated Candidates

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 17th February 2020 Elsewhere on this site, I have compiled a list of the candidates for the 2020 Dáil elections, but this post lists the officially nominated candidates for the 2020 Seanad elections. The closing date for candidate … Continue reading →

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Saturday’s Election – Why Your Vote Matters

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 6th February 2020 On Saturday 8th February, over two million voters across the state will go to the polls to cast their votes at General Election 2020. The results of this election will be determined by many factors … Continue reading →

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