David Cullinane: Waterford

David Cullinane (27), a native of Waterford and originally from Ballybeg, currently resides in Larchville. David's family come from the county with grandparents living in Bonmahon, County Waterford.

David represents Sinn Fein at a provincial level. He is a prominent member of Ogra Shinn Fein (Sinn Fein youth wing) and currently sits on the Ógra Shinn Féin National Executive.

David was educated at St Paul's Community College, Lisduggan, and later at the Dublin Institute of Technology, studying management. He is currently employed as Assistant Manager at Autoboland Garage, Waterford.

David is actively involved in community development. He is a Director and Management Committee member of the Larchville and Lisduggan Community Development Project. David is a committee member of Waterford Against Racism, a broad-based group set up to combat racism.

Cllr Jonathan O Brien: Cork North Central

Jonathan O'Brien (30), is the youngest member of Cork City Council. A very active councillor, he is a member of five council committees: Housing, Travellers, Roads and Transportation Strategic Policy, Finance and General Purposes, and Planning and EU Affairs.

His experience on the City Council has given him an insight into the needs of the people of Cork North Central and the need for a radical political alternative to the existing complacency. Communities need to be respected to be able to articulate their own needs and be helped to solve their problems.

Jonathan is a member of the management board of his local primary school and a trustee of his local secondary school. With young children himself, he is acutely aware of the need for proper childcare services.

He has campaigned for better housing provision and the improvement of our scandalous health system.

He has been to the forefront of attempts to have a waste removal system based on recycling and re-use introduced and is vehemently opposed to incineration or superdumps being introduced into Cork.

Fired by a strong belief in social justice, Jonathan O'Brien has shown by his actions that he can represent the people of Cork North Central and fight for the radical changes needed in society.

Cllr Tom Hanlon: Cork South Central

Tom Hanlon (35), a painting contractor by trade, is a very active politician and is keen sportsman. Tom is currently a Town Councillor for the Passage and Monkstown area. He has campaigned on housing, the environment and the abuse of drugs. Tom is a member of the Rockenham Residents Association in Passage West.

Tom believes that successive governments have failed to use the prosperity of the last ten years for the betterment of all sections of Irish society. Tom invites you to make the difference and vote Sinn Féin to implement our radical policies for a better Ireland.

June Murphy: Cork East

June Murphy (27), a mother of one, lives in Michelstown. She has been actively involved in community and social issues in the constituency for the past number of years. She has worked closely with the Travelling community in County Cork and a key objective is to develop a better relationship between the Travelling and settled communites.

June has a well earned reputation for providing advice and information to local people on their rights and entitlements.

Frustrated with other political parties, June joined Sinn Féin in 1995. June believes that Sinn Féin offers the best opportunity, especially to young people, to change society and make Ireland a safer and better place to live in. Untouched by corruption June feels that Sinn Féin advocates policies for the betterment of all our people.

ne O'Leary: Cork South West

ne O'Leary is a secondary school teacher, married to a local fisherman and has three daughters. She has been a member of Bantry Town Commission since 1997 and is well known as a diligent and effective public representative. Anne is calling on the people of West Cork to make history by electing their first ever woman TD.

Cllr. Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin: Cork South West

Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin has been a member of Clonakilty UDC since 1994. In 1999, he topped the poll, receiving the highest first preference vote ever for any candidate in the 100-year history of Clonakilty UDC.

A horticulturalist by trade, Cionnaith has been a member of Sinn Féin since 1989 and is highly active at all levels of the party. He represents his party on An Foras Teanga, the cross border Irish Language body established under the Good Friday Agreement.

Cionnaith is rooted in the West Cork community and is involved in a number of organisations, including Glór na nGael; he is PRO of the Clonakilty special olympics host town commttee and was a founding member of the local access for the disabled group.

With a diploma in community and social studies from UCC, Cionnaith is on the executive of the Association of Municipal Authorities in Ireland and is a member of the Independent Workers Union. He is a member of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance and of Growing Awareness, an active environmental group.

Muiris Ó Suilleabhain: Tipperary South

Muiris Ó Suilleabháin (24) is the Chairperson of South Tipperary Sinn Féin and is also a member of the Sinn Féin Ard-chomhairle or National Executive. Originally from Newcastle, Muiris is a Clonmel-based engineer. He has been a political activist since 1996 when he joined Sinn Féin. Muiris will be one of the youngest candidates anywhere in the state.

Muiris lives with partner Deirdre and 15-month-old son Oisín. He is a graduate of the University of Limerick, where he qualified in production engineering.

Cllr Martin Ferris: Kerry North

Martin Ferris, from Ardfert, Co. Kerry, is married to Marie and is the father of six children. As Sinn Féin's representative in North Kerry, he has a proven record on both local and national issues. Martin is a member of Kerry County Council and Tralee UDC and received almost 30,000 votes in the 1999 EU elections.

Martin has been a member of Sinn Féin's Ard Comhairle (Executive Council) since 1994, and was centrally involved in the negotiations leading up to the Good Friday Agreement and since.

Martin has been strongly involved in local politics over the past seven years, particularly on issues of social justice, rural decline and the problems of drug dealing and addiction.

Martin has spent a total of 13 years in prison for his political beliefs, including 47 days on hunger strike in Portlaoise prison in 1977.

As a holder of an All-Ireland under-21 football medal, which he won in 1973, Martin continues to take a keen interest in sport, particularly Gaelic games.