Hoping for your No. 1 vote on 5 June.

I've noticed that traffic to this website has increased a fair bit in recent weeks. For those coming to find out more about what I stand for and who I am, this post should provide you with some of my ideas.

By way of introduction, I'm from Churchtown and now live with my wife Aimee and three children in Meadow Grove in Dundrum. I'm 38, and outside politics, I've worked as a freelance editor for most of the past ten years. Before that, I worked in publishing. I went to school in De La Salle Churchtown and UCD. Sport is my main interest after politics, and I help out coaching in GAA and rugby at weekends.

For a general overview of my political outlook, you can see two pieces here and here .

Good planning is something I care deeply about, and some of my comments on planning in the area are here, here and here. Transport is obviously also a concern, and I have various pieces on Dublin Bus cutbacks and the need for extra buses. You can find pieces on education, special needs, and local government finance, and lots more. If you cannot find anything on a question that interests you, please don't hesitate to email. There's lots more on the site, and I've just flagged up some of the more general issues here. Have a look around.

Having lived in the area all my life, and with my children now growing up here, I passionately care that it succeeds and that we continue to improve it. I hope I can count on your No. 1 vote.