Green Party selects 35 candidates to contest general election

The Green Party has selected 35 candidates to contest the next general election under its banner. Selection conventions have taken place across the country where local party members have chosen their candidate and the Party is on target to reach its goal of running a candidate in every constituency. The candidates come from a diverse range of backgrounds and 15 (43%) of the candidates are female.

The following people will contest the next general election on behalf of the Green Party:

Councillor Hazel Chu - Dublin Bay South

Deputy Brian Leddin - Limerick City

Senator Pauline O’Reilly - Galway West

Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh - Waterford

Deputy Patrick Costello - Dublin South Central

Minister Catherine Martin - Dublin Rathdown

Minister Malcolm Noonan - Carlow-Kilkenny

Minister Joe O’Brien - Dublin Fingal West

Senator Vincent P Martin - Kildare North

Deputy Francis Noel Duffy - Dublin South West

Deputy Steven Matthews - Wicklow

Minister Roderic O’Gorman - Dublin West

Minister Pippa Hackett - Offaly

Caroline Conroy - Dublin North West

Ian Carey - Dublin Fingal East

Jithin Ram - Dublin Mid-West

Senator Róisín Garvey - Clare

Minister Ossian Smyth - Dun Laoghaire

Deputy Neasa Hourigan - Dublin Central

Councillor David Healy - Dublin Bay North

Cleo Murphy - Kerry

Councillor Oliver Moran - Cork North Central

Monica Oikeh - Cork South Central

Iva Pockock – Tipperary North

Clíona O'Halloran - Cork East

Ruadháin Bonham - Meath East

Eoin Madden - Galway East

Myriam Madigan - Meath West

Rob O'Donnell - Limerick County

Rosie Palmer - Laois

Seamus McMeniman - Tipperary South

Mícheál Ó Conaill - Mayo

Colette Finn - Cork North-West

Bláithín Gallagher - Sligo-Leitrim