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Introduction to Government and Politics of Ireland[edit]
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Introduction[edit]
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Introductory Articles[edit]
- Ireland (Island)
- Republic of Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Constitution of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
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The President, Uachtarán na hÉireann[edit]
- President of Ireland
- Council of State (Ireland)
- Presidential Commission (Ireland) (Collective Vice-Presidency)
- Seal of the President of Ireland
- Áras an Uachtaráin (Residence of the President)
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Oireachtas Éireann, The National Parliament[edit]
- Oireachtas
- Leinster House (The building where the Oireachtas is seated)
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Dáil Éireann, The Lower House[edit]
Seanad Éireann, The Upper House[edit]
- Seanad Éireann
- Cathaoirleach
- Leader of the Seanad
- Vocational panel
- National University of Ireland (constituency)
- University of Dublin (constituency)
- Nominated members of Seanad Éireann
The Government, Rialtas na hÉireann, The executive[edit]
- Government of Ireland
- Taoiseach, The Prime Minister (Head of Government), heads Department of the Taoiseach
- Tánaiste, deputy Prime Minister
- Attorney General of Ireland
- Government Buildings (the executive is housed here)
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List of current cabinet posts, according to the Constitution (Article 28.1) “… consist of not less than seven and not more than fifteen members…”
- Minister for Finance, heads the Department of Finance
- Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, heads the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Minister for Foreign Affairs, heads the Department of Foreign Affairs
- Minister for Justice (Ireland), heads the Department of Justice (Ireland)
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, heads the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Minister for Defence, heads the Department of Defence
- Minister for Health, heads the Department of Health
- Minister for Education, heads the Department of Education
- Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, heads the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, heads the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Minister for Social Protection, heads the Department of Social Protection
- Minister for Rural and Community Development, heads the Department of Rural and Community Development
- Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, heads the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
- Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, heads the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
- Minister for Transport, heads the Department of Transport
- Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, heads the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
- Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, heads the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Concurrent heads of departments are a common occurrence.
The Judiciary[edit]
- Supreme Court of Ireland, chaired by the Chief Justice of Ireland
- Court of Appeal
- High Court
- Circuit Court
- District Court
- Special Criminal Court. This court tries terrorism and serious organised crime cases.
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Local Government[edit]
Local government in the Republic of Ireland
This article contains the lists of local government in the Republic of Ireland
List of General Elections[edit]
Elections in the Republic of Ireland
*Marks elections before 1938 under the Irish Free State
- 1918 Irish general election*
- 1921 Irish elections*
- 1922 Irish general election*
- 1923 Irish general election*
- June 1927 Irish general election*
- September 1927 Irish general election*
- 1932 Irish general election*
- 1933 Irish general election*
- 1937 Irish general election*
- 1938 Irish general election
- 1943 Irish general election
- 1944 Irish general election
- 1948 Irish general election
- 1951 Irish general election
- 1954 Irish general election
- 1957 Irish general election
- 1961 Irish general election
- 1965 Irish general election
- 1969 Irish general election
- 1973 Irish general election
- 1977 Irish general election
- 1981 Irish general election
- February 1982 Irish general election
- November 1982 Irish general election
- 1987 Irish general election
- 1989 Irish general election
- 1992 Irish general election
- 1997 Irish general election
- 2002 Irish general election
- 2007 Irish general election
- 2011 Irish general election
- 2016 Irish general election
- 2020 Irish general election
List of Taoisigh[edit]
- W. T. Cosgrave as President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
- Éamon de Valera
- John A. Costello
- Seán Lemass
- Jack Lynch
- Liam Cosgrave
- Garret FitzGerald
- Charles Haughey
- Albert Reynolds
- John Bruton
- Bertie Ahern
- Brian Cowen
- Enda Kenny
- Leo Varadkar
- Micheál Martin
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List of Presidents of Ireland[edit]
- Douglas Hyde
- Seán T. O'Kelly
- Éamon de Valera
- Erskine Hamilton Childers
- Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
- Patrick Hillery
- Mary Robinson
- Mary McAleese
- Michael D. Higgins
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List of Irish Presidential Elections[edit]
*Marks Unopposed elections
- 1938 Irish presidential election*
- 1945 Irish presidential election
- 1952 Irish presidential election*
- 1959 Irish presidential election
- 1966 Irish presidential election
- 1973 Irish presidential election
- 1974 Irish presidential election*
- 1976 Irish presidential election*
- 1983 Irish presidential election
- 1990 Irish presidential election
- 1997 Irish presidential election
- 2004 Irish presidential election*
- 2011 Irish presidential election
- 2018 Irish presidential election
The next election is expected to take place in 2025
Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland[edit]
*Marks failed amendments. °Marks amendments without a referendum
- Enactment of the Constitution of Ireland
- First Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland°
- Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland°
- Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958 (Ireland)*
- Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968 (Ireland)*
- Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968 (Ireland)*
- Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986 (Ireland)*
- Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1992 (Ireland)*
- Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001 (Ireland)
- Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001 (Ireland)*
- Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2002 (Ireland)*
- Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 (Ireland)*
- Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011 (Ireland)*
- Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013 (Ireland)*
- Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2015 (Ireland)*
- Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 (Ireland)
- Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland