Category Archives: Election boundaries

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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Does Size Matter? Reviewing the”Report on European Parliament Constituencies 2018″

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 24th September 2018 A new boundary report was published today by the Constituency Commission, outlining the new European Parliament election constituency boundaries that will be in place at the next European elections in May 2019. BREXIT and the … Continue reading →

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Census 2016 Definitive Population by Area Figures: What these mean for the 2017 Constituency Commission review

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 6th April 2017 The final/definitive population by area Census 2016 figures were published earlier today (at 11 am), showing a population level within the state of 4,761,865, marking a notable increase (of 173,613 – 3.8%) on the 4,588,252 population … Continue reading →

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Commentary on Public Submissions to the 2017 Constituency Commission

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Adrian Kavanagh

In July 2016, immediately following after the publication of provisional population by area figures by the Central Statistics Office for the 2016 Census, a new Constituency Commission was set in place to begin the process of redrawing European and general election constituency … Continue reading →

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Census 2016 Preliminary Population Figures – What these mean for 2016/17 Constituency Commission review

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 14th July 2016 The preliminary population by area Census 2016 figures were published earlier today (at 11 am), showing a population level within the state of 4,757,976, marking a notable increase (of 169,724) on the 4,588,252 population level … Continue reading →

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Census 2016 Provisional Figures and the Revising/Redrawing of Constituency Boundaries

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 8th July 2016 The publication of provisional Census 2016 figures on Thursday 14th July 2016 means that a process of revising and redrawing constituency boundaries for general and European elections will commence, after a new Constituency Commission is established. … Continue reading →

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Does size matter? Largest and smallest General Election 2016 constituencies (in terms of area)

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 20th January 2016 NB: If you are using information from the page/website for publications/talks/interviews etc, make sure to highlight this site as the source of your information please. Believe me, a lot of my work/time has been put into working … Continue reading →

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Candidates for the 2016 General Election (by constituency)

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh – First posted on 22nd October 2014 – this post will be updated as and when new candidates are selected/declared  As confirmed on the morning of February 3rd 2016, the next general election will take place on Friday 26th … Continue reading →

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Fianna Fail’s Top Ten Problem/Promising Constituencies ahead of the next General Election

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th September 2014 This is the second in a series of posts where I offer a geographical perspective on the state of play for the different parties at this point in time. Note – I stress at this … Continue reading →

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