A left-wing political activist and anti-war campaigner, he ran for both local and national office unsuccessfully before he was elected to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in 2009. A TD since 2011, he is a prominent figure in the anti-austerity movement and has been involved in a number of nationwide protests.

If you believe in people power to bring social & economic equality & believe the needs of people & the environment come before the profits of tiny elites.

To provide secure, high quality social and affordable housing for all that need it & end homelessness.

Campaign to reverse all austerity measures (water charges, home taxes, pay cuts & cuts to services) that hurt the vulnerable & those on low and middle incomes.