Meath East...What the new constituency changes mean

The Commission has recommended the reduction of the boundary breach of Co. Meath by the Louth constituency from two Electoral Districts (EDs) to a single ED. This would be done by transferring the Julianstown ED with a population of 11,501 from the Louth constituency to the Meath East constituency.

This means that the only remaining county boundary breach in this group of counties is the St. Mary’s ED in Co. Meath with a population of 16,403.

To the north of the county and the Commission recommends that the Cavan/Monaghan constituency should remain a five-seat constituency.

This means the seven EDs located in the northern part of Co. Meath are recommended for transfer to the Meath East constituency. The Cavan/Monaghan constituency would then contain only the counties of Cavan and Monaghan.

The recommendation of the Commission is that the seven Co. Meath EDs, with a combined population of 4,185, be transferred to the Meath East constituency and this move returns the configuration to that which was in place for the constituency from 1980-2013.