RTE today have a story about the changing demographics revealed by the Census.
This story mentions specifically the possible need for an additional TD in Dublin West as a result of the 8000 population growth in the area that the Census shows.
RTE have, unfortunately, failed to point out the other constituencies that are under represented and the half-dozen or so that are over represented. They do, however, make the point that the cities in Ireland (of which there are only 5) have lost population share to other areas…
Of course this information was available in the public domain since the 29th of March and forms the basis of the Constitutional challenge to the Electoral constituency boundaries (or rather the failure of the Government to rework those boundaries in light of the census data).
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/?jp=MHAUIDAUMHMH
Chuckled when I read this. Perhaps the issue of the constitutionality of electoral boundaries is a lesser concern for el Bertie then the possible clash with popular music events.
What a way to lose the youth vote.