A selection of high-profile incumbents will be happy with the adjustments to their electoral areas.
The growth of population in Irish premier Leo Varadkar’s constituency of Dublin West – and the absorption of parts of Dublin North West – has resulted in an extra seat becoming available in the next election.
The constituency which elected Sinn Fein TD Donnchadh O Laoghaire, Ireland’s deputy premier and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, Minister for Finance Michael McGrath and Minister for Enterprise Simon Coveney has picked up an extra seat.Among the most surprising lines being drawn were those that carved Wicklow and Wexford into three constituencies.
No sitting TD lives in the area which falls into the new Wicklow-Wexford constituency, which may give the Gorey native and Fianna Fail senator the upper hand in the next election.
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