Editing Raheny (section)

==Politics==
In [[Dáil Éireann]], Raheny is part of the five-seat [[Dublin Bay North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay North]] constituency.<ref name="DubNBay_DLive_2020">{{cite web |last1=Lyne |first1=Laura |title=Dublin Bay North General Election Ireland 2020: Who are the local candidates and when can I vote? |url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-bay-north-general-election-17601147 |website=Dublin Live |access-date=8 September 2020 |date=26 January 2020 |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129232938/https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dublin-bay-north-general-election-17601147 |url-status=live }}</ref> Until the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]] it was split between the constituencies of [[Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-Central]] and [[Dublin North-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-East]]. The splitting of the district, which also gives electoral stations on either side of the village centre (generally at the library and at the National Schools complex), was a source of local anger for many years.

Long-serving politicians for the area include [[Seán Kenny (politician)]], a Dublin City Councillor from 1979 until 2011 when he was elected for the second time in Dáil Éireann (the first occasion having been in the 1990s) and former minister [[Michael Woods (Irish politician)|Michael Woods]], who lives in neighbouring Kilbarrack. Past figures include the late ex-[[Taoiseach]] [[Charles Haughey]], and Councillor [[Niamh Cosgrave]], of Foxfield, the latter in a rare move having been removed from the City Council for non-attendance.<ref name="Cosgrave_CCexpul_07">{{cite news |title=Council expels absent Cosgrave |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/council-expels-absent-cosgrave-1.967034 |access-date=4 September 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=28 September 2007 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305184715/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/council-expels-absent-cosgrave-1.967034 |url-status=live }}</ref>