The constituency was created in 1979 for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. From 1979 to 2004, it elected 4 MEPs; this was reduced to 3 for the 2009 election. Its geographic remit is the Dublin Region which includes Dublin city and the administrative counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.
MEPs
2009 election
For the 2009 election, the constituency was reduced from 4 seats to 3.