section_path: History/Constitution of Ireland (since 1937)
section_name: Constitution of Ireland (since 1937)
paragraph_text: Constitution of Ireland (since 1937)
  
  The Constitution of Ireland, adopted in 1937, established the modern Irish state, referred to as Ireland. Under the constitution a new legislature retained the title Oireachtas, and its lower house remained Dáil Éireann. The first Dáil to meet under the Constitution of Ireland was described as the Ninth Dáil.
  
  During the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessity for social distancing, the Dáil temporarily sat at the Convention Centre Dublin from June 2020 to July 2021. From September 2021, the Dáil returned to sitting in Leinster House.