CANDIDATES SOUTH EAST INNER CITY

John Barry (FG)
John Barry is a 46 year old businessman and was a founding member of the Irish Green Party. He runs a local business and has worked in the South East Inner City for the last 27 years. He lives in the area with his wife and two young children.

John Barry is running for Dublin City Council to drive forward the creation of a better, greener more community friendly city environment in a serious business-like manner. He also believes our streets should be safer and better maintained and that
more should be done to improve recycling facilities in the City.

Pat Bunce (FF)
Pat Bunce is a Special Needs Resource Teacher in City Quay N.S. Pearse St. and lives in Sandymount. He has been involved in the Dublin Inner City Schools Primary Schools Initiative where he organised sports competitions for the 13 schools involved. His is a member of the policy committee which conducted surveys and commissioned reports for the schools which were used to highlight needs for the schools in drawing down resources.

Pat believes strongly in partnership between all facets of the Community and advocates the provision of Local Health Centres in the area similar to that being built in Meath Hospital. He supports the continued provision of affordable housing and continued rejuvenation of flat complexes as started by the present Government.

Conor Delaney (FG)
Conor Delaney is 30 years of age and has been involved in South Inner City issues for a number of years. His primary issues are Traffic, Health and Planning/Heritage. He also believes that Dublin City Council should increase funding to provide better local recycling facilities and he wants to see the creation of a new traffic division. He says that a new metropolitan Garda force with sole responsibility for patrolling and the power of arrest is also needed to make our streets safer.

Conor is a member of the Clanna Gael Hurling Club in Ringsend, the Sandymount and Merrion Residents’ Association and is a Minister for the Word in Star of the Sea Church in Sandymount.

Daithí Doolan (SF)
Daithí Doolan is the Sinn FÈin Representative for Dublin South East and says he has a ìpassion for politicsî. Originally from Cork, He has been a political activist for most of his adult life and was active in CND, The Anti Single European Act Campaign and The Anti Apartheid Movement.

He lived in London for five years and since returning to Ireland in 1992 he has held many posts within Sinn FÈin. He opposes bin charges, hospitals closures and high-rise developments. He has also tackled both the causes and consequences of drug addiction in the community with great success as a founding member and current PRO for the Ringsend & District Response to Drugs.

Kevin Humphreys (LABOUR)
Cllr. Kevin Humphreys is leader of the Labour Group on Dublin City Council. He was born and grew up in the South East Inner City and has first-hand experience of many issues that affect local communities. He believes that a fairer society will only be achieved through equality of opportunity and as a member of the City of Dublin Vocation Education Committee has worked for improved access to education for all.

Kevin has actively worked on identifying sites for social and affordable housing and has been to the fore on the City Council against the location of an incinerator in Ringsend. He has worked to improve amenities for the youth in the Ringsend/Pearse Street area and is actively involved in many relevant committees.

Garry Keegan (FF)
Councillor Garry Keegan MBS, MSc, has lived and worked in Dublin City since 1987. Garry studied Business and Marketing at both University College Dublin (UCD) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD). He ran in the local elections in 1999 and replaced Eoin Ryan on the Council four years ago.

He is a strong supporter of sports and admires the work of such organisations as the Poolbeg Boat and Yacht Club, Clann na Gael and Markevitch Football Club. Garry holds advice centres on Tuesday 7 - 8 in St Andrew’s Resource Centre and Thursday 7 - 8 in the Community Centre, Thorncastle Street.

John Kenny (PD)
John Kenny is 29 years old and was brought up in Ringsend and then Pearse Street. He was educated in Marian College and won a scholarship to study accountancy and finance in Portobello Business College. He is currently working in financial services in Hatch Street, having previously worked as a commercial accountant.

Kenny is a member of the National Crime Council and his special interest is to involve local communities in crime prevention. Like the majority of people living in Ringsend Irishtown and Sandymount he is worried over the proposed development of Europe’s largest incinerator at Poolbeg.

Pauline O’Shea (GREEN)
Pauline O’Shea is a resident of Doris Street, Ringsend. Some of her policies include education for life, healthcare with dignity, working for an inclusive society including making EU Nationals and Non-Nationals aware of their right to vote in local and European elections if they are resident in the country for a year or longer.

Pauline is also concerned about sustainable waste management and real measures to end traffic gridlock.

Shay Ryan (SWP)
Shay Ryan is originally from South Lotts Road, Ringsend and now lives in Ranelagh. He is a care worker with the Irish Wheelchair Association at the Mount Street Day Centre. He is the Dublin South East representative for the Campaign against the Bin Tax and is also active in the fight against incineration.

Shay says, “There are hundreds of people on the housing lists across the South East Constituency. Yet large parts of Ringsend and Pearse Street have been taken over by private property developers who build luxury apartments and sky-scraper office blocks.”

Angie Murphy (WP)
Angie Murphy is the Workers Party candidate, who campaigns strongly for improved healthcare. She supports the abolition of all service charges and opposes an incinerator in Ringsend.

She also supports recycling and the use of drugs money confiscated by the CAB for anti-drug projects. She supports the right of everyone to housing and favours a reduction in the power of the City Manager in favour of elected Councillors.

Two most recent candidates for the South-East Inner City Area are:
Linda poole, Student, (Non Party), 11b York Street, Dublin 2.
Noel Ivory, (Non Party), 37 Smock Alley Court,
Temple Bar, Dublin 2.