Dr. John Hillery has been nominated to partner Timmy Dooley as Fianna Fáil seek to retain their two seats in the Clare constituency. Hillery's nomination comes in the wake of the decision of Minister for Defence Tony Killeen not to seek re-election. A former president of the Irish medical council, the Banner native claims to have maintained strong ties with his home county despite having lived in Dublin since childhood. He unsuccessfully ran for the Seanad in 2007.

Policies

• Job creation
• Development of health services accessible to all on the basis of need
• Ensuring government in Ireland is bottom up rather than top down
• Ensuring that local government has the power to govern locally
• Ensuring that the country outside of Dublin gets equal opportunity for investment, development and progress.

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