Constituency profile: Dublin Fingal

Dublin North, now called Dublin Fingal, was witness to one of the greatest wipe-outs of the Fianna Fáil-Green Coalition in 2011.

That time out, the Fianna Fáil share of the vote collapsed from 42% to 15.5%. The party could have won a seat in 2011, if it opted for a single-candidate strategy.

Both its two outgoing TDs, Darragh O’Brien and Michael Kennedy, stood for re-election and lost. Mr Sargent fell from 16.7% to 8.5% of first preferences and retired from politics after losing his seat.