COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 13, 2025

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor A. Smyth

To ask the Chief Executive, ahead of the presidential elections, what is being done to promote and encourage registration to vote across south county Dublin?

REPLY:

The Council's ongoing advertising campaigns promote awareness of the Register of Electors and currently coincides with the upcoming Presidential Election, this is in tandem our traditional Voter Registration drives held 2025 .

The SDCC advertising campaign includes:

• Shamrock Rovers – pitch side LED notice board advertising, both domestic and European match days, and season long match day programme advertising.
• Advertising in local shopping centres (The Square, Citywest, The Mill in Clondalkin and Kilnamanagh)
• Advertising on local radio
• Advertising on N81 billboard
• Advertising in Seachtain newspaper
• Advertising in The Echo, Southside People and Liffey Champion newspapers. 

In addition bus shelter advertising in relation to the Register of Electors is scheduled. 

During 2025, the franchise team carried out several voter registration drives: 

• Park Community Centre
• Fettercairn Community Centre
• Adamstown Community Centre
• St. Marks Community College 
• Colaiste Bhride Clondalkin
• Old Bawn Community College
• TUD Tallaght 
• SDCC hosted students from Templeogue College

SDCC also uses our own social media channels to inform, educate and raise awareness of the Register of Electors, the upcoming election, how to register to vote and how to cast a vote.