Senior Fine Gael members in Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s constituency of Mayo have written to Phil Hogan, the environment minister, to express anger at proposals to change its boundaries.

Mileage rates for ministers will be cut by 10% to take into account any travel for personal reasons.

THE unlikely prospect of TDs voting to axe the number of their own kind in Dáil Éireann smacks of turkeys voting for Christmas.

A Fine Gael TD at risk of losing his Dáil seat has criticised the proposed changes to his constituency, saying they will disenfranchise some voters.

Changes to the Waterford constituency will be of concern to TDs in Tipperary and Waterford City, writes Conor Kane

The Fine Gael TD may have to look at the possibility of standing in Cork North Central next year, but Fianna Fáil will also come under pressure, writes Sean O’Riordan

If the recommendations of the Constituency Commission are implemented in full, it could spell deep trouble for the following TDs:

THE number of TDs in the next Dáil will be chopped from 166 to 158 as part of a fundamental overhaul of constituencies.

With constituencies in general growing larger, parties will find it easier to implement gender quotas. But some areas will see unprecedented competition, writes Adrian Kavanagh

There have been mixed reaction today to the news of changes to Dáil seats and constituencies.

The Constituency Commission has recommended cutting the number of TDs in Leinster House by eight - from 166 to 158.

I see the Constituency Commission have recommended a reduction of eight members of the Dáil.

Cork, Kerry, and Tipperary could all lose Dáil seats under a redrawing ofconstituency boundaries.

The number of TDs in the Dáil is set to be cut by eight, under new recommendations to be published next month.

SUBMISSIONS to a state body charged with redrawing constituency boundaries hardly make for interesting reading.

Residents of Terenure in south Dublin have written to the Constituency Commission asking it to consider moving the neighbourhood from Dublin South Central to Dublin South East.

A KERRY TD has said the county should retain its two constituencies.

Fine Gael has denied rowing back on a key pre-election pledge to cut the number of TDs by 20 despite new proposals to cut no more than 13.

THE authority of the Government has unquestionably been damaged by the medical cards controversy.

PLANS to make 14,000 Limerick voters cast their ballot in the Kerry North constituency at the next election have been described as illogical.

THE extensive changes to 24 constituencies received widespread criticism last night, with opposition parties branding it a missed opportunity.

MORE than half of the country’s 43 constituencies will undergo extensive changes in electoral registers and county boundaries under the raft of recommendations by the Constituency Commission.

THE addition of a fifth seat to the Louth constituency was the biggest surprise in what was otherwise considered a conservative report by the Constituency Commission.

The number of Dáil TDs should remain at 166 but changes must be made to several constituencies, a state body said today.

EVERY Dáil constituency in the country should be a five-seater, according to a radical proposal made to the Constituency Commission by the Labour Party.

A FIANNA FÁIL bid to force the two Kerry Dáil constituencies into a single five-seater has met strong resistance from its ownactivists on the ground.

FIANNA FÁIL has called for Kerry constituencies to be redrawn as a single five-seater in the next general election — resulting in the loss of one of the county’s six TDs.

THE GOVERNMENT faces a legal action against plans to split Co Leitrim for electoral purposes, as locals believe it will deprive the county of a TD.

FIANNA FÁIL’S local organisation in the Taoiseach’s constituency claimed last night that Bertie Ahern was not behind the demand for Dublin Central to remain unchanged in the electoral boundary revisions.

After the 1977 general election, the gerrymandering aspect was taken out of politics with the establishment of an independent Constituency Commission.

DRAMATIC changes in Dáil constituencies announced yesterday could militate against smaller parties and Independent candidates at the next General Election.

The Constituency Commission believes that the number of Dáil constituencies should be increased.

The commission established to recommend changes to constituency boundaries is due to publish its final report today.

SPRAWLING growth in Dublin is expected to result in an increase in the number of TDs for the outer suburbs of the capital city and adjoining commuter counties.

The Constituency Commission is recommending changes to electoral constituencies for next year's European elections.

The Labour Leader Pat Rabbitte has written to the Taoiseach to express concern at the delay in finalising the constituency boundaries for next year's European elections.