The 2024 Irish General Election to the 34th Dail took place on 29 November. The Dail saw some re-organisation from the previous one elected in 2020, with the addition of 14 seats raising the total from 160 to 174, and the creation of 4 new constituencies taking the total from 29 to 43.
The election took place against a back-drop of extreme public disquiet about the levels of illegal immigration, an erratic economy, the effects of inflation, falling value of wages, a huge and growing housing shortage - including not only a shortage of units, but purchase price or rents being unaffordable to ordinary people. and unhappiness at how Covid was dealt with.
Despite massive public clamouring for change, when it came to voting, there was little change in the seats held by the 'big three' which - politicians being politicians, they interpreted as support for their continued policies. The moral of the story here is if you want change, it is pointless voting the same way.
The election took place against a back-drop of extreme public disquiet about the levels of illegal immigration, an erratic economy, the effects of inflation, falling value of wages, a huge and growing housing shortage - including not only a shortage of units, but purchase price or rents being unaffordable to ordinary people. and unhappiness at how Covid was dealt with.
Despite massive public clamouring for change, when it came to voting, there was little change in the seats held by the 'big three' which - politicians being politicians, they interpreted as support for their continued policies. The moral of the story here is if you want change, it is pointless voting the same way.
Ireland is now going to have yet another coalition government and will continue to lurch from crisis to crisis.
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