Overview
- Polling day is set for Friday, May 22, following Thursday's formal move in the Dáil to hold bye-elections in Dublin Central and Galway West.
- The two seats became vacant after Catherine Connolly was elected President and Paschal Donohoe left to take a senior role at the World Bank.
- Candidate nominations close at noon on Friday, May 1, with around ten declared in Dublin Central and 13 in Galway West so far.
- Voters have until Tuesday, May 5, to register or update details through the Electoral Commission’s Check the Register website.
- Counting begins at 9am on Saturday, May 23, in races seen as a gauge of public mood after recent fuel protests and not expected to shift the Government’s majority.