{"id":3210,"date":"2018-09-24T18:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T23:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2018-09-26T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:18:11","slug":"two-new-meps-for-ireland-in-next-years-euro-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3210","title":{"rendered":"Two New MEPs for Ireland in Next Year&#8217;s Euro Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EuropeanParliamentGenericViewAP_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EuropeanParliamentGenericViewAP_large.jpg 600w, http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/EuropeanParliamentGenericViewAP_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The Dublin and Ireland South constituencies at the next European elections will each have an extra seat, a new boundary review published has recommended.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Dublin will become a four-seater while Ireland South becomes a five-seat constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Counties Laois and Offaly will move into the South constituency from the Midlands-North-West, which remains a four-seater, under the changes.<\/p>\n<p>The review, caused by Brexit, followed the reallocation of the UK\u2019s 73 EU parliament seats. Ireland received two additional seats, bringing its total to 13.<\/p>\n<p>The next European elections are scheduled to be held next May.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3210\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3210&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3210\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3210&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-3210\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3210&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3210\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dublin and Ireland South constituencies at the next European elections will each have an extra seat, a new boundary review published has recommended. As a result, Dublin will become a four-seater while Ireland South becomes a five-seat constituency. 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