Boundary shake-up: 14 new TDs, four new constituencies, and political careers on the line

Electoral Commission’s boundary shake-up could bring certain challenges for hopeful TDs in the next general election, writes Ciara Phelan and Eoin English

The number of TDs for the next Dáil will be increased by 14 from 160 to 174.

Fourteen new TDs, four new constituencies, and political careers are on the line as the Electoral Commission announced its boundary shake-up ahead of the next general election.

Revealing the much-anticipated report on Wednesday, the commission has made a series of changes to boundaries and increased the number of constituencies from 39 to 43.