A member of Dublin City Council since 2004, he ran unsuccessfully in the 2011 general election. He served previously as the Lord Mayor of Dublin and runs his own engineering company. He is the governor and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Maternity Hospital.

Put my 12 years of local experience to work from Fairview to Howth so that the interests of Dublin Bay North are to the fore on the national stage.

Introduce property tax relief for those senior citizens living in their family homes in Dublin who have limited means and no way of earning additional income.

Provide cheaper childcare and better after-school care as well as additional support for hard-working families still shouldering most of the recession's burden.