Parties want extra MEP seat allocated to Midlands North-West

There has been speculation that local Fianna Fáil TD Barry Cowen is considering a European Parliament bid. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA

With the next European election due to take place in June, the commission is set to report on its constituency review this month. The moving of Laois and Offaly from the South constituency is suggested by all of them to ensure a balance is maintained in terms of the number of MEPs per head of population.

The party also asked the commission to carry out research “on how Irish citizens living in the north of Ireland could be given a voice in the European Parliament”, saying they have been without representation in Europe since Brexit. In April, Fianna Fáil’s organisation in Offaly wrote to the commission requesting that it consider realigning its Dáil constituency with the European Parliament Midlands North-West constituency given the population changes recorded in the census.

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