Violet-Anne Wynne was elected to the Dáil in 2020. She was originally a Sinn Féin TD, but resigned from the party in February 2022, alleging a campaign of "psychological warfare" from local party members. A psychology graduate from Trinity College Dublin, she is also a former member of the Reserve Defence Forces.

To keep fighting for Clare. I have spent four years working across party lines and delivering on housing, on health, and for families. I want to ensure that the people of Clare are not left behind when it comes to Government and allocating resources – we need more houses, more AONs and we absolutely and unequivocally need Ennis Hospital reinstated.

Housing. It is incredibly difficult to rent and the numbers in emergency accommodation has spiralled out of control with no end in sight. I know from meeting constituents this term that waiting lists for people’s mental health, personal relationships, and life are being impacted – we must hold government to account on their failures.

The need to expand the definition of homelessness in this country as we have never had the real value of homelessness - 1.2% of the Irish population have an unmet need for housing according to current data, but that doesn’t include those sleeping on couches or in cars. You cannot manage what you cannot measure and I believe this is one of the biggest kept secrets of our generation.