Constituency profile: Cork North Central

On foot of the last Boundary Commission, Cork North Central gained 11 electoral divisions and a population of 17,307 from Cork South Central. It also lost four electoral divisions with a population of 5,048 to Cork North West, and it remains a four-seat constituency.

A large portion of the electorate now lives in the rural country part of the constituency, or Cork’s commuter belt.

It includes the small towns and villages of Blarney, Whitechurch and Glanmire, Dripsey in the west and Cloghroe.