IRELAND’S CONTINGENT OF 13 MEPs is set to rise to 14 next year as the EU reviews the number of seats allocated to each country.

The Electoral Commission in Ireland opened a public consultation yesterday asking for submissions on Ireland’s three European constituencies ahead of next year’s elections. It is conducting a review into the make-up of the constituencies, taking into account the additional seat on the way.

These are the existing constituencies, the counties they include, and how many seats they have:

• Dublin – four seats
• Midlands-North-West (Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, and Westmeath) – four seats
• South (Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow) – five seats 

So today, we’re asking you — going by the existing constituency boundaries, which part of the country do you think should get the extra seat?