Kildare North - Cristín McCauley
Originally from Lurgan Co.Armagh, Cristín, her husband Martin and their three children Roísín, Orlagh and Pádraig, were forced to move to Co.Kildare after a loyalist bomb attack on their home in 1998.
A trained youth worker, Cristín spent the 7 years previous, working in the local youth and community centre heading programs such as self awareness', young women's groups' and after school clubs.
Cristín contested the Kildare local government elections in 2004.
