Meath Constituency

The Meath parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the county of Meath in Leinster, taking in Navan, Trim and Ashbourne. The constituency has an electorate of 108,717 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote. map File links The following pages link to this file: County Meath Categories: GFDL images ... Meath (An Mhí in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, the county is often informally called The Royal County. ... Leinster (Irish: Laighin) is the eastern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. ... Navan (An Uaimh in Irish, meaning The Cave) is the administrative town of County Meath, Ireland. ... For other meanings, see trim (disambiguation). ... Ashbourne is the name of more than one place: Ashbourne, Derbyshire in England Ashbourne, County Meath in Ireland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 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. ...

Presently, the Minister for Communications, Noel Dempsey is one of the most high profile TDs from the constituency. John Bruton, the former Taoiseach and former leader of Fine Gael, has since resigned his Dáil seat after thirty-five years service to take up a post as EU Ambassador to Washington. A by-election took place on March 11, 2005 to fill the vacant seat. The Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources is the chief minister at the Department of the same name in the Irish Government. ... Noel Dempsey (born January 1953), is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician and is currently the Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources. ... John Gerard Bruton (born May 18, 1947) was the ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet1. ... 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. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The Meath constituency is just one of the many constituencies that will be changing at the next general election. It will be divided into the two new constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. The Meath East parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies and will come into being in the 30th Irish general election. ... The Meath West parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies and will come into being in the 30th Irish general election. ...

Recent Results

The by-election was won by Fine Gael's candidate, Shane McEntee. 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. ... Shane McEntee (born 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. ...

On October 31, 2004, the Teachta Dála (TD) for Meath, John Bruton, officially resigned as a member of Dáil Éireann to take up his new position as European Union Ambassador to Washington. ... Shane McEntee (born 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael 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. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... 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... The Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Progressive Democrats (in Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach) is a free market liberal party in the Republic of Ireland founded in 1985. ... The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981. ... 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. ... Noel Dempsey (born January 1953), is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician and is currently the Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... John Gerard Bruton (born May 18, 1947) was the ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. ... 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. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... Damien English is a Fine Gael TD for the constituency of Meath. ... 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. ... The Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981. ... People named Tom Kelly include: Tom Kelly (baseball) Tom Kelly (engineer) Tom Kelly (Ireland) Tom Kelly (musician) Tom Kelly (UK) Tom Kelly (USA) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Michael Redmond (born 1963) is one of the few American-born Go players to be promoted to the professional levels, and was the first Westerner to reach 9-dan, the highest grade. ... The Christian Solidarity Party (An Comhar Críostaí) is a conservative political party in Ireland without parliamentary representation. ...

Former TDs

• John Bruton
• James Tully

John Gerard Bruton (born May 18, 1947) was the ninth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. ... James Tully (born 18 September 1915) was a prominent Irish trade unionist, politician and Deputy Leader of the Irish Labour Party who served as a minister in a series of Irish Fine Gael-Labour coalition governments. ...

See Also

• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in Ireland
• List of Irish by-elections
• Elections in Ireland

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in use next general election: Longford-Westmeath | Meath East | Meath West | Roscommon-South Leitrim | Sligo-North Leitrim The next general election in the Republic of Ireland need not occur until 2007. ... The Longford-Westmeath parliamentary constituency existed for many decades, but was dismantled in advance of the 1992 election. ... The Meath East parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies and will come into being in the 30th Irish general election. ... The Meath West parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies and will come into being in the 30th Irish general election. ... The Roscommon-South Leitrim parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies. ... The Sligo-North Leitrim parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies, and will will come into being in the 30th Irish general election. ...