National
Presidency of Ireland
- Irish: Oifig an Uachtaráin
Governs Ireland
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- Must be held by November 2032 (no fixed date) General election · President of Ireland
Who sits on it
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President of Ireland
Elected
Catherine Connolly
President of Ireland · since November 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of Ireland irishstatutebook.ie · checked
- Catherine Connolly as President of Ireland president.ie · checked
What it can do
- Appoints the Taoiseach and ministers
Appoints the Taoiseach on the nomination of Dáil Éireann and the other members of the Government on the Taoiseach's nomination with Dáil approval (Constitution of Ireland, Art. 13.1 and 13.2).
- Signs bills into law and may refer them to the Supreme Court
Signs and promulgates laws passed by the Oireachtas (Art. 13.3, 25) and, after consulting the Council of State, may refer a bill to the Supreme Court to test its constitutionality (Art. 26).
- Supreme commander of the Defence Forces
The supreme command of the Defence Forces is vested in the President; its exercise is regulated by law (Art. 13.4).
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Sources for what it can do
- Appoints the Taoiseach and ministers irishstatutebook.ie · checked
- Signs bills into law and may refer them to the Supreme Court irishstatutebook.ie · checked
- Supreme commander of the Defence Forces irishstatutebook.ie · checked
Sources
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann), Irish Statute Book, read 2026-10-12: existence, composition and powers of the President, Government, Oireachtas, Dáil, Seanad and courts. For: Presidency of Ireland
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Bunreacht na hÉireann (Irish text) and oireachtas.ie / logainm.ie: Irish-language names of the State, provinces, institutions and offices. For: Presidency of Ireland in Irish
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland, article cited in each power description, read 2026-10-12. For: Appoints the Taoiseach and ministers, Signs bills into law and may refer them to the Supreme Court, Supreme commander of the Defence Forces
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland, Irish Statute Book, read 2026-10-12: how each office is chosen (Arts. 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 28, 35). Seat counts: Oireachtas members list; Supreme Court composition: supremecourt.ie judges page, read 2026-10-12. For: President of Ireland
- president.ie · checked Office of the President, president.ie: Catherine Connolly elected 24 October 2025 and inaugurated 11 November 2025 (Oireachtas API shows her Dáil membership ending 2025-10-25). Fallback for the inauguration date: Wikipedia, Catherine Connolly. For: Catherine Connolly as President of Ireland
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland, Irish Statute Book, read 2026-10-12: Art. 12.3.3 ("not later than, and not earlier than the sixtieth day before, the date of the expiration of the term"). Corrected latest possible date from 2032-09-12 (earliest day of the window) to 2032-11-10 (term expiry). For: General election, November 10, 2032
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland Arts. 12.3, 16.3, 18.8: latest legal dates, computed from first meeting of the 34th Dáil on 18 December 2024 and the President's inauguration on 11 November 2025. Seanad by-election 6 November 2026: Polling Day Order of 24 September 2026 as reported on Wikipedia, 2026 Seanad by-election (fallback; official order not fetched). For: General election, November 10, 2032