North Cork to lose its deficit

CORK North Central will benefit from the transfer of populations from two other constituencies to make up the glaring deficit of population that became obvious in the 2006 Census.

The constituency, taking in all of the north city and a big rural hinterland, had a population per TD that was a staggering 10% below the national average.

Rather than lose a seat (it had already gone down from a five-seater to a four-seater for the 2007 elections), it was allowed transfers from Cork East and Cork North West, both which had slightly higher populations per TD than the average.