{"id":433170,"date":"2026-05-05T09:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/433170\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:33:08","slug":"voters-urged-to-check-registration-ahead-of-bye-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/433170\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters urged to check registration ahead of bye-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Coimisi\u00fan Toghch\u00e1in has urged voters in Galway West and Dublin Central to check the register and ensure they are eligible to vote in the upcoming bye-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Today is the last day for new voters to register, while existing voters are encouraged to check that their details are correct.<\/p>\n<p>The bye-elections are due to take place in the two constituencies on 22 May.<\/p>\n<p>An Coimisi\u00fan Toghch\u00e1in&#8217;s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Brian Dawson, said that it is a constant process of checking and double checking the register.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on RT\u00c9&#8217;s Morning Ireland, he said that human error can occur and that it is better to be prepared than surprised on polling day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you have your details, your PPS number, your Eircode, your date of birth, we found it takes less than three minutes for people to get themselves on the register,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I suppose alongside new voters, what we&#8217;re really encouraging people to do is to check that your details are up to date.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So maybe you&#8217;ve changed address, maybe your citizenship has changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really important to take less than five minutes today go on check your details are correct,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public can check to see if they are registered to vote or edit their existing information (such as address) on checktheregister.ie <\/p>\n<p>Voters who are already registered but are unable to find their details online should contact the franchise section of the relevant local authority.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A voter registration stand is pictured in Eye Square in Galway\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/00245158-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nA registration pop-up shop will be in Eyre Square in Galway City<\/p>\n<p>The bye-election in Dublin Central is to fill the vacancy created by the departure of the former finance minister Paschal Donohoe.<\/p>\n<p>The second vacancy in Galway West arises from Catherine Connolly&#8217;s election as President of Ireland last year.<\/p>\n<p>An Coimisi\u00fan Toghch\u00e1in is visiting schools in An Cheathr\u00fa Rua and Carna to register new voters. A registration pop-up shop will also be in Eyre Square in Galway City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/politics\/2026\/0422\/1569620-dublin-central-bye-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dublin Central constituency profile<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/politics\/2026\/0422\/1569621-galway-west-bye-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Galway West constituency profile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Coimisi\u00fan Toghch\u00e1in has urged voters in Galway West and Dublin Central to check the register and ensure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-433170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}