Voting and Elections

Local authorities manage local elections where successful candidates are elected to the council to represent their community as councillors for five years.

Local authorities prepare plans to identify electoral areas, electoral divisions, polling districts and townlands for Dáil (national parliament) and local elections, and the appointed polling place for each polling district. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities publish details of electoral areas, electoral divisions, polling districts and townlands for Dáil (national parliament) and local elections, and the appointed polling place for each polling district.

Local authorities publish a public register of all eligible and registered people entitled to vote in local, national and European elections and referenda.

You can apply to the local authority to be included in the Register of Electors and Supplement Register if you are eligible to vote in local, national and European elections and referenda. You can also ask for your personal information to be updated or corrected or ask for a special or postal vote.

Local authorities publish guides in Irish, English and some European languages to explain how the Irish voting system works and how the public can to exercise their right to vote.