Daithí Doolan

Irish general elections and European Parliament elections Doolan contested the 2002 Irish general election in Dublin South-East, coming seventh with 2,398 first preference votes (7.39%). At the 2007 general election he polled 1,599 first preference votes (4.72%) in Dublin South-East, again coming seventh. At the 2024 general election he polled 8.81% in Dublin South-Central, coming sixth.

He contested the 2024 European Parliament election for the Dublin constituency, where he polled in ninth place out of twenty-three candidates.

Career As an elected councillor between 2004 and 2009, Doolan called for the easing of restrictions on immigrant workers, and for better fire-safety provisions in apartment construction. He opposed the creation of an energy-from-waste facility at Poolbeg, supported the Shell to Sea campaign and opposed cuts to Dublin public services.

Doolan was involved in controversy after a Dubliner, Joseph Rafferty, was shot dead. Rafferty's sister, Esther Uzell-Rafferty, claimed that the IRA had killed her brother, and that Doolan knew the identity of his killer, claims which Doolan denied. Doolan has called for public co-operation with the Garda in the investigation of Rafferty's murder.

After losing his seat in June 2009, Doolan was hired in October as the coordinator for the Dublin Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign, an organisation that promotes a community development approach to tackling the drugs problem. As coordinator Doolan criticised the Government of Ireland for scrapping the once full-time position of Minister for National Drugs Strategy and relegating that role to another Minister with other responsibilities. As well as calling for a full-time junior minister, Doolan and CityWide requested the government scrap proposed funding cuts for drug services, also asking for additional funding for the issue, as well as for community participation and consultation for handling the drugs problem.

Personal life Doolan is married with four children. He has been a vegetarian since he was 16 because of his concerns for the environment.