Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick is standing as a Fianna Fáil candidate in Dublin Central. She was first co-opted on to Dublin City Council in 2003 to replace her father, former deputy Dermot Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, a former marketing director in the telecoms industry, was re-elected to the council in 2004 and again in 2009. She unsuccessfully stood as a general election candidate in 2007.

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