This is an objective breakdown of the male:female ratio of candidates running for the 19 Dail Seats available in Cork City & County. I will hopefully get around to also writing an article about why it’s important to vote for women first in this election but until that happens, I think this article suffices: http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/36222.

Apologies if I missed out on any candidates- please let me know in the comments and I’ll edit the post.

Cork Constituencies:

• Cork South Central – 5 seats
• Cork North Central – 4 seats
• Cork East – 4 seats
• Cork North West – 3 seats
• Cork South West – 3 seats

Total seats available: 19

Cork East

• Fianna Fáil: Michael Ahern
• Fianna Fáil: Kevin O’Keeffe
• Fine Gael: Tom Barry
• Fine Gael: Pa O’Driscoll
• Fine Gael: David Stanton
• Green Party: Malachy Harty
• Labour Party: John Mulvihill
• Labour Party: Seán Sherlock
• Sinn Féin: Sandra McLellan
• Independent:  Paul O’Neill
• The Peoples Convention: Claire Cullinane

Total Number of Female Candidates: 2

Total Number of Candidates: 10

% Female Candidates: 20%

Cork North Central

• Fianna Fáil: Billy Kelleher
• Fine Gael: Pat Burton
• Fine Gael: Dara Murphy
• Labour Party: John Gilroy
• Labour Party: Kathleen Lynch
• Sinn Féin: Jonathan O’Brien
• United Left Alliance: Mick Barry
• Workers’ Party: Ted Tynan
• Independent: Fergus O’Rourke
• Independent: Padraig O’Sullivan

Total Number of Female Candidates: 1

Total Number of Candidates: 10

% Number of Female Candidates: 10%

Cork North West

• Fianna Fáil: Michael Moynihan
• Fianna Fáil: Daithi Ó Donnabháin
• Fine Gael: Áine Collins
• Fine Gael: Derry Canty
• Fine Gael: Michael Creed
• Green Party: Mark Collins
• Labour Party: Martin Coughlan
• Sinn Féin: Des O’Grady
• United Left Alliance: Ann Foley

Total Number of Female Candidates: 2

Total Number of Candidates: 9

% Number of Female Candidates: 22%

Cork South Central

• Fianna Fáil: Micheál Martin
• Fianna Fáil: Michael McGrath
• Fine Gael: Jerry Buttimer
• Fine Gael: Deirdre Clune
• Fine Gael: Simon Coveney
• Green Party: Dan Boyle
• Labour Party: Paula Desmond
• Labour Party: Ciarán Lynch
• Sinn Féin: Chris O’Leary
• Independent: David McCarthy
• Independent: Mick Finn

Total Number of Female Candidates: 2

Total Number of Candidates: 11

% Number of Female Candidates: 18%

Cork South West

• Fianna Fáil: Denis O’Donovan
• Fianna Fáil: Christy O’Sullivan
• Fine Gael: Jim Daly
• Fine Gael: Noel Harrington
• Fine Gael: Kevin Murphy
• Labour Party: Michael McCarthy
• Sinn Féin: Paul Hayes
• Independent: Dave McInerney
• Green Party: Jennifer Sleeman

Total Number of Female Candidates: 1

Total Number of Candidates: 9

% Number of Female Candidates: 11%

Overall:

Total Number of Female Candidates: 8

Total Number of Candidates: 48

% Number of Female Candidates: 17%