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Election 2020

Ben Gilroy

Party

Irish Freedom Party

Constituency

Dublin Bay North

Occupation

Company director

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Biography

Gilroy is the former leader of Direct Democracy Ireland. He unsuccessfully ran in the 2019 MEP elections. He is an anti-eviction and anti-corruption activist.

Question Time

Q.

Why should someone vote for you?

People should vote for me because I have fought against corruption in the legal system, banking industry, vulture funds and receivers for the last 10 years.

Q.

What is your number one priority for your constituency?

My constituency incorporates many lower earners, unemployed and then some well off people in the likes of Howth and Clontarf... so the issues range from renting house prices in Dublin, to young couples not affording property to overcrowding and hospitals to pensions.

Q.

What one thing would you like to do in your first 100 days of the new Dáil if you are elected?

There are a number of things, including the cessation on all bondholder payments and interest payments on this odious debt pending a full review, and legislation to ensure that corporations making billions in profits in this country are taxed appropriately.

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