| Electorate | Seats | Total Poll | Turnout | Valid Poll | Spoiled Votes | Quota |
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| 80852 | 4 | 49000 | 61% | 48759 | 241 | 9752 |
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Fianna Fáil
A sitting councillor in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Mr Brennan narrowly lost out on a Dáil seat in 2020 and will hope to take a seat for Fianna Fáil in the area for the first time since 2011. Mr Brennan, who is the son of former Fianna Fáil minister Seamus Brennan, was first elected to the local council in 2014 and has had a career in the financial services industry.
Aontú
Independent
Independent councillor Kevin Daly was first elected to represent his local area of Glencullen-Sandyford on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2019. He holds an economics degree from UCD and trained as an accountant. He entered local politics to campaign for the reopening of Stepaside garda station
Fianna Fáil
The founder and chair of the Federation of Early Childhood Providers (FECP), Elaine Dunne has worked in the early years childcare sector for over 30 years and operates two early years services in south Dublin. The FECP calls for the reform of the early years sector and currently has more than 1,400 members. Ms Dunne ran for local election earlier this year for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
Independent
Independent councillor Michael Fleming topped the poll in his electoral area of Glencullen-Sandyford in the recent local elections and was re-elected on the first count. He has been running the popular butcher’s and fine food shop Fleming’s Butchers in Stepaside since he was 25 and has a family background in dairy farming.
Social Democrats
Sinéad Gibney is the former Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) and ran as a candidate in the recent European elections in Dublin. She previously ran for local election in the Blackrock area and began campaigning for the general election in 2020, though left the race to take up her role at the IHREC. Ms Gibney previously worked as the head of social action for Google and was the chair of lone-parent organisation One Family.
The Green Party
Media minister Catherine Martin, who was also the deputy party leader until earlier this year, is running for re-election to the Dáil, having first been elected in 2016. Her cabinet portfolio in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has been broad, though made the most headlines during the RTÉ payments controversy. Ms Martin has also been responsible for the introduction and expansion of the basic income for the arts and secured increased investment in community sports, women in sport the national governing sporting bodies.
The National Party
Garrett McCafferty is standing for election in the constituency under the National Party, which is contesting the election under the banner of the ‘National Alliance’, an electoral pact between a number of independents, new party the Irish People and members of the National Party.
Labour
Sitting councillor Lettie McCarthy was first elected to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2004 and has held her seat in each subsequent local election, topping the poll on multiple occasions. She contested the last general election and was eliminated on the fourth count. She grew up in rural Roscommon and has previously been involved in number of local committees, including the local Tidy Towns committee.
Independent
People Before Profit-Solidarity
People Before Profit candidate Síomha Ní Aonghusa is a comedian and musician who has previously run for local election in 2019. She is also a housing, socialist and climate activist.
Fine Gael
A sitting councillor in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ms O’Connell was first elected in 2019. She is a qualified barrister who is a former president of the MBA Association Ireland, having previously worked for a number of multinational companies.
Fine Gael
A junior minister in the Department of Enterprise, Neale Richmond was first elected as a councillor for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown in 2009. He sat as a member of the Seanad from 2016 before his election to the Dáil in 2020. Mr Richmond graduated from UCD, later working for former MEP Gay Mitchell in the European Parliament and former Fine Gael TD Olivia Mitchell before going to work in the not-for-profit sector.
Independent
Former Fine Gael justice minister Alan Shatter will contest the election as an independent, eight years after leaving the Dáil, as part of his campaign calling for the abolition of the inheritance tax. A solicitor and author, Mr Shatter was first elected to the Dáil in 1981 for Fine Gael and was returned at every election up to 2002 when he lost his seat. He regained it in the 2007 general election and lost his seat in 2016.
Sinn Féin
A former press officer for Sinn Féin in the Dáil, Shaun Tracey has worked for the party since 2004 and has also worked as a national administrator in the head office of Sinn Féin. Mr Tracey has previously contested two local elections and two general elections for the party. He was a founding member of Ballyogan Celtic Football Club and has been involved of a number of local campaigns, including the Right2Water campaign.
