Candidates in the 2024 Irish general election

This page lists the candidates in the 2024 Irish general election.

Parties

There are 685 candidates running in the 2024 general election. 246 of the candidates contesting are women, making up 36%. There are 171 independent candidates. The five-seater Louth constituency has the most candidates at 25.

Parties		Candidates
	Fianna Fáil	82
	Fine Gael	80
	Sinn Féin	71
	Aontú	43
	Green	43
	PBP–Solidarity	42
	Labour	32
	Independent Ireland	28
	Social Democrats	26
	The Irish People	21
	Irish Freedom Party	16
	National Party	9
	Liberty Republic	6
	Centre Party	3
	Independents 4 Change	3
	Party for Animal Welfare	3
	Rabharta	3
	Ireland First	2
	Right to Change	1
	100% Redress	1
	Independent	171

Candidates

^ *: Outgoing TD
^ #: Member of the 26th Seanad
^ ‡: Previously a member of the Dáil or Seanad
^ §: Returned automatically without standing for election as outgoing Ceann Comhairle, in accordance with Article 16.6 of the Constitution of Ireland.

Constituency	Fianna Fáil	Sinn Féin	Fine Gael	Green	Labour	Social Democrats	PBP–Solidarity	Independent Ireland	Aontú	Independent	Others
Carlow–Kilkenny (5 seats)	Peter Cleere John McGuinness Jennifer Murnane O'Connor	Áine Gladney Knox Natasha Newsome Drennan	Catherine Callaghan Michael Doyle David Fitzgerald	Malcolm Noonan	Seán Ó hArgáin	Patricia Stephenson	Adrienne Wallace		Gary O'Neill	Tom Healy Eugene McGuinness Luke O'Connor John O'Leary Noel G. Walsh	Orla Donohoe (IFP) David Egan (LR)
Cavan–Monaghan (5 seats)	Robbie Gallagher Brendan Smith Niamh Smyth	Cathy Bennett Matt Carthy Pauline Tully	Carmel Brady David Maxwell T.P. O'Reilly	Eddie O'Gara			Emma Hendrick	Shane P. O'Reilly	Sarah O'Reilly	Feargal Deery Joseph Duffy Lester Gordon Jimmy Mee	Val Martin (IFP) Mark Moore (NP) Shane Mulligan (LR)
Clare (4 seats)	Cathal Crowe Timmy Dooley Rita McInerney	Donna McGettigan	Leonora Carey Joe Cooney Tom Nolan	Róisín Garvey		Hilary Tonge	Caitríona Ní Chatháin	Eddie Punch	June Dillon	Kevin Hassett Amanda Major Matthew Moroney Paddy Murphy Violet-Anne Wynne	Michael Leahy (IFP) Michael Loughrey (IP) Barry O'Donovan (Rabh)
Cork East (4 seats)	Deirdre O'Brien James O'Connor	Pat Buckley Mehdi Özçınar	Noel McCarthy Mark Stanton	Clíona O'Halloran		Liam Quaide	Asch Ní Fhinn	Kathryn Bermingham Catherine Lynch	Mona Stromsoe	Ross Cannon Mary Linehan Foley John O'Leary William O'Leary Frank Roche	James Peter O'Sullivan (IP)
Cork North-Central (5 seats)	Tony Fitzgerald Sandra Murphy Kelleher Pádraig O'Sullivan	Thomas Gould Joe Lynch	Colm Burke Imelda Daly Garret Kelleher	Oliver Moran	Eoghan Kenny John Maher	Susan Doyle Ciarán McCarthy	Mick Barry	Ken O'Flynn	Finian Toomey	Martin Condon John Donohoe Rachel Hurley Roche Joseph Gerard Peters	Derek Blighe (IF)
Cork North-West (3 seats)	Aindrias Moynihan Michael Moynihan	Nicole Ryan	Michael Creed John Paul O'Shea	Colette Finn			Joe Moore	Ellen Barry	Becky Kealy	John O'Leary Walter Ryan-Purcell
Cork South-Central (5 seats)	Margaret Kenneally Micheál Martin Séamus McGrath	Michelle Cowhey Shahid Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire	Jerry Buttimer Úna McCarthy Shane O'Callaghan	Monica Oikeh	Laura Harmon	Pádraig Rice	Shane Laird	Veronica Houlihan Valerie Ward	Anna Daly	Graham de Barra Paudie Dineen Tony Field Mick Finn John O'Leary	Lorna Bogue (Rabh) Ted Neville (NP)
Cork South-West (3 seats)	Christopher O'Sullivan	Claire O'Callaghan Donnchadh Ó Seaghdha	Tim Lombard Noel O'Donovan	Mary Ryder	Evie Nevin	Holly Cairns	Zoe Laplaud	Michael Collins	Mairead Ruane	Alan Coleman John O'Leary	Deborah O'Driscoll (IP)
Donegal (5 seats)	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher Claudia Kennedy Charlie McConalogue	Pearse Doherty Noel Jordan Pádraig Mac Lochlainn	Nikki Bradley John McNulty	Nuala Carr			Carol Gallagher		Mary T. Sweeney	Vincent J Bradley Niall McConnell Arthur McGuinness Gerry McKeever Frank O'Donnell Thomas Pringle	Eamon McGee (IFP) Kim McMenamin (IP) Charles Ward (100%R)
Dublin Bay North (5 seats)	Tom Brabazon Deirdre Heney	Denise Mitchell Mícheál Mac Donncha	Naoise Ó Muirí Aoibhinn Tormey	David Healy	Shane Folan	Cian O'Callaghan	Bernard Mulvany		James Morris	Michael Burke Kevin Coyle Stephen Doyle Brian Garrigan Barry Heneghan John Lyons Jamie McGlue Diarmaid Ó Conoráin	Paul Fitzsimons (IFP)
Dublin Bay South (4 seats)	Jim O'Callaghan	Chris Andrews	Emma Blain James Geoghegan	Hazel Chu	Ivana Bacik	Eoin Hayes	Brigid Purcell		Alan Healy	Nick Delehanty Peter Dooley Mannix Flynn David Hennessy John Keigher Kate O'Connell Daniel Pocock	Lauralee Doyle (IP)
Dublin Central (4 seats)	Mary Fitzpatrick	Janice Boylan Mary Lou McDonald	Paschal Donohoe	Neasa Hourigan	Marie Sherlock	Gary Gannon	Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin		Ian Noel Smyth	Gerry Hutch Kevin Sharkey Malachy Steenson	Clare Daly (I4C) Andrew Kelly (CP)
Dublin Fingal East (3 seats)	Manju Devi Darragh O'Brien	Ann Graves	Alan Farrell	Ian Carey	Duncan Smith	Joan Hopkins	Bryn Edwards		Margaret McGovern	Tony Donnelly Darren Kelly Fergal O Connell	Victoria Byrne (IFP) Ben Gilroy (LR) Dean Mulligan (I4C)
Dublin Fingal West (3 seats)	Lorraine Clifford-Lee	Louise O'Reilly	Grace Boland	Joe O'Brien	Robert O'Donoghue		Ollie Power		Robbie Loughlin	Tony Murphy Oghenetano John Uwhumiakpor	Ben Gilroy (LR) John Oakes (IFP) Mark Parsons (IP)
Dublin Mid-West (5 seats)	Shane Moynihan Lynda Prendergast	Eoin Ó Broin Mark Ward	Vicki Casserly Emer Higgins	Karla Doran	Francis Timmons	Eoin Ó Broin	Gino Kenny	Linda de Courcy	Colm Quinn	Paul Gogarty Alan Hayes Seanan Ó Coistín	Robert Coyle (IP) Glen Moore (IFP)
Dublin North-West (3 seats)	Paul McAuliffe	Cathleen Carney Boud Dessie Ellis	Noel Rock	Caroline Conroy	John Nisbet	Rory Hearne	Conor Reddy		Edward McManus	Diarmuid Mac Dubhghlais Gavin Pepper	Ian Croft (CP) Stephen Redmond (NP)
Dublin Rathdown (4 seats)	Shay Brennan Elaine Dunne	Shaun Tracey	Maeve O'Connell Neale Richmond	Catherine Martin	Lettie McCarthy	Sinéad Gibney	Síomha Ní Aonghusa		Liam Coughlan	Kevin Daly Michael Fleming Conor Murphy Alan Shatter	Garrett McCafferty (NP)
Dublin South-Central (4 seats)	Catherine Ardagh	Máire Devine Daithí Doolan Aengus Ó Snodaigh	Mary Seery Kearney	Patrick Costello	Darragh Moriarty	Jen Cummins	Hazel De Nortúin	Rebecca Hendrick Philip Sutcliffe Snr	Aisling Considine	Richard Murray Dolores Webster	Jina Ahearne (IP) Joan Collins (RTC) John Paul Murphy (Rabh) Barry Ward (IFP)
Dublin South-West (5 seats)	Teresa Costello John Lahart	Seán Crowe Niamh Whelan	Sarah Barnes Colm Brophy	Francis Noel Duffy	Ciarán Ahern	Ross O'Mullane	Paul Murphy		Saoirse Ní Chónaráin	Alan Edge Niall Hade Paddy Holohan Colm O'Keeffe	Yan Mac Oireachtaigh (NP)
Dublin West (5 seats)	Jack Chambers Lorna Nolan	Paul Donnelly Breda Hanaphy	Emer Currie	Roderic O'Gorman	John Walsh	Ellen Murphy	Ruth Coppinger		Ellen Troy	Umar Al-Qadri Susanne Delaney Tania Doyle Natalie Treacy	Patrick Quinlan (NP)
Dún Laoghaire (4 seats)	Cormac Devlin	Shane O'Brien	Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Barry Ward	Ossian Smyth	Martha Fanning	Hugo Mills	Richard Boyd Barrett		Mairéad Tóibín	Michael O'Doherty	Cathy Lynch (IP)
Galway East (4 seats)	Albert Dolan Anne Rabbitte	Louis O'Hara	Clodagh Higgins Niamh Madden Pete Roche	Eoin Madden			Conor Burke	Declan Geraghty	Luke Silke	Seán Canney Fergal Landy Paul Madden	David O'Reilly (IP)
Galway West (5 seats)	John Connolly Gráinne Seoige	Mairéad Farrell	Seán Kyne Hildegarde Naughton	Pauline O'Reilly	Helen Ogbu	Eibhlín Seoighthe	Maisie McMaster	Noel Thomas	Pádraig Lenihan	Catherine Connolly Mike Cubbard Patrick Feeney Noel Grealish	AJ Cahill (IP) Doran McMahon (IFP)
Kerry (5 seats)	Michael Cahill Norma Foley Linda Gordon-Kelleher	Pa Daly Stephanie O'Shea	Billy O'Shea	Cleo Murphy	Mike Kennedy		Cian Prendiville	Tom McEllistrim	Catherina O'Sullivan	Mary Fitzgibbon Danny Healy-Rae Michael Healy-Rae Michelle Keane John O'Leary	Brandon Begley (IFP)
Kildare North (5 seats)	James Lawless Naoise Ó Cearúil	Réada Cronin Caroline Hogan	Bernard Durkan Joe Neville Evie Sammon	Vincent P. Martin	Angela Feeney	Aidan Farrelly	Leah Whelan		Una O'Connor	Bill Clear	Avril Corcoran (IP) Sean Gill (CP) Gerry Waters (IFP)
Kildare South (4 seats)	Seán Ó Fearghaíl Fiona O'Loughlin	Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh	Martin Heydon	Monaa K. Sood	Mark Wall	Chris Pender	Rob Cosgrave	William Carton Edel Doran	Melissa Byrne	Cathal Berry Tom McDonnell Leanne O'Neill Patricia Ryan	Anthony Casey (IFP)
Laois (3 seats)	Seán Fleming Austin Stack	Maria McCormack	Willie Aird	Rosie Palmer			Ken Mooney		Mary Hand	Pauline Flanagan Jason Lynch Aisling Moran Elaine Mullally Brian Stanley
Limerick City (4 seats)	Willie O'Dea Dee Ryan	Paul Gavan Maurice Quinlivan	Maria Byrne Kieran O'Donnell	Brian Leddin	Conor Sheehan	Elisa O'Donovan	Ruairí Fahy	Esther Aherne	Sarah Beasley	Frankie Daly Michelle Hayes Dean Lillis Melanie Sheehan Cleary	Dean Quinn (IP)
Limerick County (3 seats)	Bridie Collins Niall Collins	Joanne Collins	Patrick O'Donovan Noreen Stokes	Rob O'Donnell			Laura Fahey	Richard O'Donoghue	Michael Ryan	Jim Barrett Richie Crehan April Sheehan Corkery	Donna O'Loughlin (IFP) Lorraine O'Sullivan (IP) Gerben Uunk (PAW)
Longford–Westmeath (5 seats)	Dympna Cunniffe Joe Flaherty Robert Troy	Barry Campion Sorca Clarke	Peter Burke Tanya Cannon Micheál Carrigy	Carol Okeke	Fidelma Bennett		Dave Smyth	Paul Hogan	Laura O'Neill	Paul Bradley Louise Heavin Donal Jackson Charlotte Keenan Kevin "Boxer" Moran Gerry Warnock	Margaret Alacoque Maguire (IF)
Louth (5 seats)	Alison Comyn Erin McGreehan	Joanna Byrne Ruairí Ó Murchú Antóin Watters	Paula Butterly John McGahon	Marianne Butler	Ged Nash	Niall McCreanor	James Renaghan	Ryan McKeown	Michael O'Dowd	David Bradley David Brennan Kevin Callan Thomas Clare David Carroll Albert David Byrne Alan Fagan Peter-James Nugent Tracy O'Hanlon	Hermann Kelly (IFP) Derek McElearney (IP)
Mayo (5 seats)	Dara Calleary Lisa Chambers	Rose Conway-Walsh Gerry Murray	Alan Dillon Mark Duffy Martina Jennings Keira Keogh	Mícheál Boxty Ó Conaill			Joe Daly	Chris Maxwell	Paul Lawless	Sean Forkin Stephen Kerr Gerry Loftus Patsy O'Brien
Meath East (4 seats)	Thomas Byrne Caroline O'Reilly	Darren O'Rourke Maria White	Helen McEntee Sharon Tolan	Ruadháin Bonham	Eilish Balfe		Clara McCormack		Emer Tóibín	Charles Bobbett Joseph Bonner Sivakumar Murugadoss Gillian Toole Raymond Westlake	Carolyn Fahy (PAW) Jean Murray (NP) Barbara Reid (LR)
Meath West (3 seats)	Aisling Dempsey	Johnny Guirke	Linda Murray Nelson	Séamus McMenamin	Sandy Gallagher	Ronan Moore	Finbar Lynch		Peadar Tóibín	Noel French Damien Reilly	Ben Gilroy (LR) Ian McGauley (IP)
Offaly (3 seats)	Tony McCormack Claire Murray	Aoife Masterson	John Clendennen	Pippa Hackett			Keishia Taylor	Fergus McDonnell	Maureen Ward	Mike Boylan Eddie Fitzpatrick Carol Nolan
Roscommon–Galway (3 seats)	Martin Daly	Claire Kerrane	Dympna Daly Finn Aisling Dolan	Martina O'Connor			Andrew Mannion	Michael Fitzmaurice	Cormac Ó Corcoráin	Vincent Beirne Eugene Murphy	Alan Sweeney (IP)
Sligo–Leitrim (4 seats)	Edel McSharry Paddy O'Rourke Eamon Scanlon	Martin Kenny Chris MacManus	Frank Feighan	Bláithín Gallagher	Nessa Cosgrove		Gino O'Boyle	Michael Clarke Caroline Corcoran	Graham Monaghan	Marie Casserly Des Guckian Marian Harkin	Molly Candon (PAW) Michael Kelly (IFP)
Tipperary North (3 seats)	Ryan O'Meara Michael Smith	Evan Barry Dan Harty	Phyll Bugler	Iva Pocock	Alan Kelly		Diana O'Dwyer		Francis O'Toole	Michael Lowry Liam Minehan Justin Phelan Jim Ryan	Peter Madden (IP)
Tipperary South (3 seats)	Imelda Goldsboro	Martin Browne	Michael Murphy	Myriam Madigan	Michael Brennan			Nadaline Webster	Rosemary McGlone	Bill Fitzgerald Séamus Healy Mattie McGrath John O'Heney	John McGrath (NP)
Waterford (4 seats)	Mary Butler	David Cullinane Conor D. McGuinness	John Cummins	Marc Ó Cathasaigh	Sadhbh O'Neill	Mary Roche	Patrick Curtin		Ronan Cleary	Frank Conway Aaron Joyce Killian Mangan Mark O'Neill Melissa O'Neill Matt Shanahan	John D. Walsh (IP)
Wexford (4 seats)	James Browne Michelle O'Neill	Johnny Mythen	Cathal Byrne Bridín Murphy	Peadar McDonald	George Lawlor		Martina Stafford		Jim Codd	Verona Murphy Jackser Owens Michael Sheehan	Jason Murphy (NP) Stephen Power (IP) Mick Wallace (I4C)
Wicklow (4 seats)	Stephen Donnelly	John Brady	Simon Harris Edward Timmins	Steven Matthews	Paul O'Brien	Jennifer Whitmore	Kellie McConnell		Ciarán Hogan	Joe Behan Rob Carry Shay Cullen Philip Dwyer Charlie Keddy Sean O'Leary Gerry O'Neill Dominic Plant	Michaela Keddy (IP)
Wicklow–Wexford (3 seats)	Malcolm Byrne Pat Kennedy	Fionntán O Súillebháin	Brian Brennan	Ann Walsh			Aislinn O'Keeffe	Frances Lawlor	Sinéad Boland	Peir Leonard Ilsa-Maria Nolan