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= Introduction to Government and Politics of Ireland =

Introduction
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Introductory Articles

 * Ireland (Island)
 * Republic of Ireland
 * Northern Ireland
 * Constitution of Ireland
 * Politics of the Republic of Ireland

The President, Uachtarán na hÉireann

 * President of Ireland
 * Council of State (Ireland)
 * Presidential Commission (Ireland) (Collective Vice-Presidency)
 * Seal of the President of Ireland
 * Áras an Uachtaráin (Residence of the President)

Oireachtas Éireann, The National Parliament

 * Oireachtas
 * Leinster House (The building where the Oireachtas is seated)

Dáil Éireann, The Lower House

 * Dáil Éireann
 * Ceann Comhairle
 * Teachta Dála

Seanad Éireann, The Upper House

 * Seanad Éireann
 * Cathaoirleach
 * Leader of the Seanad
 * Vocational panel
 * Administrative Panel
 * Agricultural Panel
 * Cultural and Educational Panel
 * Industrial and Commercial Panel
 * Labour Panel
 * National University of Ireland (constituency)
 * University of Dublin (constituency)
 * Nominated members of Seanad Éireann

The Government, Rialtas na hÉireann, The executive

 * Government of Ireland
 * Taoiseach, The Prime Minister (Head of Government), heads Department of the Taoiseach
 * Tánaiste, deputy Prime Minister
 * Attorney General of Ireland
 * Government Buildings (the executive is housed here)

List of current cabinet posts, according to the Constitution (Article 28.1) “… consist of not less than seven and not more than fifteen members…”


 * 1) Minister for Finance, ⁣ heads the Department of Finance
 * 2) Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, ⁣ heads the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
 * 3) Minister for Foreign Affairs, heads the Department of Foreign Affairs
 * 4) Minister for Justice (Ireland), heads the Department of Justice (Ireland)
 * 5) Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, heads the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
 * 6) Minister for Defence, heads the Department of Defence
 * 7) Minister for Health, heads the Department of Health
 * 8) Minister for Education, heads the Department of Education
 * 9) Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, heads the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
 * 10) Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, heads the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
 * 11) Minister for Social Protection, heads the Department of Social Protection
 * 12) Minister for Rural and Community Development, heads the Department of Rural and Community Development
 * 13) Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, heads the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
 * 14) Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, heads the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
 * 15) Minister for Transport, heads the Department of Transport
 * 16) Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, heads the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
 * 17) Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, heads the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Concurrent heads of departments are a common occurrence.

The Judiciary

 * Supreme Court of Ireland, ⁣ chaired by the Chief Justice of Ireland
 * Court of Appeal
 * High Court
 * Circuit Court
 * District Court
 * Special Criminal Court. This court tries terrorism and serious organised crime cases.

= Local Government = Local government in the Republic of Ireland

This article contains the lists of local government in the Republic of Ireland

List of General Elections
Elections in the Republic of Ireland

* Marks elections before 1938 under the Irish Free State


 * 1918 Irish general election*
 * 1921 Irish elections*
 * 1922 Irish general election*
 * 1923 Irish general election*
 * June 1927 Irish general election*
 * September 1927 Irish general election*
 * 1932 Irish general election*
 * 1933 Irish general election*
 * 1937 Irish general election*
 * 1938 Irish general election
 * 1943 Irish general election
 * 1944 Irish general election
 * 1948 Irish general election
 * 1951 Irish general election
 * 1954 Irish general election
 * 1957 Irish general election
 * 1961 Irish general election
 * 1965 Irish general election
 * 1969 Irish general election
 * 1973 Irish general election
 * 1977 Irish general election
 * 1981 Irish general election
 * February 1982 Irish general election
 * November 1982 Irish general election
 * 1987 Irish general election
 * 1989 Irish general election
 * 1992 Irish general election
 * 1997 Irish general election
 * 2002 Irish general election
 * 2007 Irish general election
 * 2011 Irish general election
 * 2016 Irish general election
 * 2020 Irish general election

Next Irish general election

List of Taoisigh

 * 1) W. T. Cosgrave as President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
 * 2) Éamon de Valera
 * 3) John A. Costello
 * 4) Seán Lemass
 * 5) Jack Lynch
 * 6) Liam Cosgrave
 * 7) Garret FitzGerald
 * 8) Charles Haughey
 * 9) Albert Reynolds
 * 10) John Bruton
 * 11) Bertie Ahern
 * 12) Brian Cowen
 * 13) Enda Kenny
 * 14) Leo Varadkar
 * 15) Micheál Martin

List of Presidents of Ireland

 * 1) Douglas Hyde
 * 2) Seán T. O'Kelly
 * 3) Éamon de Valera
 * 4) Erskine Hamilton Childers
 * 5) Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
 * 6) Patrick Hillery
 * 7) Mary Robinson
 * 8) Mary McAleese
 * 9) Michael D. Higgins

List of Irish Presidential Elections
Irish presidential election

* Marks Unopposed elections


 * 1938 Irish presidential election*
 * 1945 Irish presidential election
 * 1952 Irish presidential election*
 * 1959 Irish presidential election
 * 1966 Irish presidential election
 * 1973 Irish presidential election
 * 1974 Irish presidential election*
 * 1976 Irish presidential election*
 * 1983 Irish presidential election
 * 1990 Irish presidential election
 * 1997 Irish presidential election
 * 2004 Irish presidential election*
 * 2011 Irish presidential election
 * 2018 Irish presidential election

The next election is expected to take place in 2025

Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland
* Marks failed amendments. °Marks amendments without a referendum
 * Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland
 * Enactment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * First Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland°
 * Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland°
 * Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958 (Ireland)*
 * Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968 (Ireland)*
 * Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968 (Ireland)*
 * Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986 (Ireland)*
 * Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1992 (Ireland)*
 * Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001 (Ireland)
 * Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001 (Ireland)*
 * Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2002 (Ireland)*
 * Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 (Ireland)*
 * Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011 (Ireland)*
 * Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013 (Ireland)*
 * Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
 * Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2015 (Ireland)*
 * Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 (Ireland)
 * Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland