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Laura Lyne

Dublin Fingal General Election Ireland 2020: Who are the local candidates and when can I vote?

Dublin Fingal is one of the capital's constituencies in Ireland's general election set to take place on Saturday, 8 February 2020.

There are five seats up for grabs in the constituency, which covers the areas of Balbriggan, Ballyboghil, Balgriffin, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide, Portmarnock, Rush, Skerries and Swords.

It will retain five seats in this election. A by-election was also held in this constituency back in November. Here's a map of the constituency:

According to Paddy Power, the current favourites (as of January 22) to nab a seat are Joe O'Brien (1/16), Darragh O'Brien (1/14), Duncan Smith (1/6), Louise O'Reilly (4/11) and Alan Farrell (8/13).

The candidates running in this election are (in alphabetical order by surname):

Glenn Brady (Independent)

Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Fianna Fáil)

Alan Farrell (Fine Gael)

Terry Kelleher (Solidarity)

Dean Mulligan (Independent/Independents 4 Change)

Paul Mulville (Social Democrats)

Tony Murphy (Independent)

Darragh O’Brien (Fianna Fáil)

Joe O’Brien (Green Party)

Gemma O’Doherty (Independent)

Louise O’Reilly (Sinn Féin)

James Reilly (Fine Gael)

Duncan Smith (Labour Party)

Alistair Smith (United People)

Sandra Sweetman (Independent)

John Uwhumiakpor (People Before Profit)

Have we missed anything? Let us know by dropping an email to laura.lyne@dublinlive.ie.

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