European Elections 2024 – Full list of Dublin candidates

The only Irish European Constituency with one single county, voters in the capital will elect four MEPs to the Dublin constituency after the vote on Friday, June 7.

Different from the other constituencies, Midlands-North-West and Ireland South, candidates have no excuse not to canvass the entire constituency, which stretches across both sides of the Liffey. It isn’t just Northside vs Southside in Dublin. In many ways, it is establishment vs the independents.

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Of the 23 hopefuls contesting the European Election in Dublin, there are 14 candidates who fit into the “independent and other category”. There are four seats in the Dublin constituency.

In the 2019 elections, there were also four seats. However, the fourth seat did not become operational until the United Kingdom left the European Union. This meant that while Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews won a seat in May 2019, he did not take it until January 2020.

He joined fellow incumbents Ciarán Cuffe of the Green Party and Independents 4 Change Clare Daly. Both are seeking re-election.

Former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald also took a seat in Dublin in the 2019 elections for Fine Gael. However, she announced in November 2023 that she would not contest the next European elections.

Full list of candidates running in Dublin

• Dr. Umar Al-Qadri (Non Party)
• Barry Andrews (Fianna Fáil)
• Rebecca Barrett (National Party)
• Lynn Boylan (Sinn Féin)
• Niall Boylan (Independent Ireland)
• Robin Cafolla (Non Party)
• Aisling Considine (Aontú)
• Ciarán Cuffe (The Green Party)
• Clare Daly (Independents 4 Change)
• Regina Doherty (Fine Gael)
• Daithí Doolan (Sinn Féin)
• Philip Dwyer (Ireland First)
• Sinéad Gibney (Social Democrats)
• Andy Heasman (The Irish People)
• Conor Murphy (Non Party)
• Eamonn Murphy (Non Party)
• Diarmaid Ó Conaráin (Irish Freedom Party)
• Brendan Ogle (Non Party)
• Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (The Labour Party)
• Stephen O’Rourke (Non-Party)
• Patrick Quinlan (The National Party)
• Bríd Smith (People Before Profit – Solidarity)
• Malachy Steenson (Non Party)

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