Cork South–Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Cork South-Central
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Cork South-Central within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1981
Seats	5 (1981–2016) 4 (2016–)
TDs	Simon Coveney (FG)      Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (SF)      Micheál Martin (FF)      Michael McGrath (FF)
County/City council	Cork City Council
EP constituency	South

Cork South-Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

The constituency was created for the first time under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, mainly drawing its electorate from the existing Cork Mid and Cork City constituencies.

Cork South-Central is predominantly an urban constituency but with a rural hinterland in the south. It encompasses the electoral areas of Cork City Council south of the river Lee, together with most of the Carrigaline electoral area of Cork County Council, including the Ringaskiddy and Passage West areas. The Ballincollig area of County Cork was moved to the Cork North-West constituency for the 2007 general election. At the 2016 general election, the Bishopstown area of Cork city was moved to the Cork North-Central constituency, and it was also reduced from five to four seats.