Dublin Mid West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in County Dublin. It came into existence at the 2002 General Election, composed of parts of the Dublin South West and Dublin West constituencies. It contains the towns of Clondalkin, Lucan and Rathcoole. The constituency has an electorate of 55,184 and at present is served by 3 TDs. However, due to rapid population growth in the area, it will gain an extra seat at the next general election. The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. Dublin (Irish Áth Cliath) is the area that contains the City of Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland; and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. ... The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. ... Dublin South West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... Dublin West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... Clondalkin (Cluain Dolcáin in Irish) is a town/suburb 8km west of Dublin City in the Republic of Ireland, situated in South County Dublin. ... There is also a town named Lucan in Ireland Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, AD 39 - April 30, 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, and is one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period. ... Rathcoole (Rath Cúil in Irish) is a village to the south-west of Dublin, Ireland. ... A TD or Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas (pronounced orr-och-tas) or National Parliament. ... The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preference voting system designed to minimise wasted votes in multi-candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. ...

Irish General Election, 2002

The first three candidates in bold type indicate the current representatives in Dáil Éireann for Dún Laoghaire. The full results are as follows: The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. ... Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...

Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... Mary Harney (born March 11, 1953) is an Irish Progressive Democrats politician. ... The Progressive Democrats (in Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach) is a free market liberal party in the Republic of Ireland founded in 1985. ... Paul Gogarty is a Green Party politican and has been a member of the Green Party since 1989. ... The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas) was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981. ... Joanna Truffy is an Irish politician and member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann for the Labour Party. ... The Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... Austin Currie (born 1939) is a former Irish politician. ... Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ... The name Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish), which means ourselves or we ourselves (not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone or we alone) has been applied to a series of political movements since 1905 in Ireland, each of which claim or claimed sole descent from the original... Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ... Categories: Ireland-related stubs | Irish political parties | Republic of Ireland political parties | Northern Ireland political parties ...

See Also

• Parliamentary Constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in Ireland
• Elections in Ireland