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A candidate for Fine Gael. View party
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Diarmaid Ó Cadhla
Party
Constituency
Occupation
Community worker
Age
58
Biography

Ó Cadhla worked as a business systems consultant for nearly 30 years. He has been part of campaigns against household charges, local property tax and homelessness. He has contested elections in the past and sat for a period on Cork County Council.

Question time
Why should someone vote for you?

To demand that housing, homelessness and public health be declared as national emergencies. To be proud to be Irish, to cherish our language, culture and heritage.

What is your number one priority for your constituency?

To stop €50 million being spent on the Cork Event Centre, €12m of it could instead recover every boarded up house in Cork city and the balance used for housing maintenance and disability improvements.

What one thing would you like to do in your first 100 days of the new Dáil if you are elected?

Campaign to stop public money being given to political parties, the funding they get creates unequal elections and is undemocratic.

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