The Midlands-North-West constituency will have an extra MEP seat for next June's European Parliament Elections. It's going from 4 to 5 seats, after counties Laois and Offaly transfer from the South to the Midlands.
The recommendations follow a month-long public consultation process - after the European Council decided to allocate an extra MEP to Ireland - increasing the total from 13 to 14. Speaking to the Joe Finnegan show this morning, Adrian Kavanagh, a lecturer at Maynooth University believes that all parties in the constituency gain from having an extra seat available in next years election:
Advertisement
