Halpin was a candidate for Cork North-Central in the 2019 by-elections. She has a background in volunteering, youth groups and peer education. She has worked in the renewable energies and technology industries. She has returned to education to become a science teacher.

I believe that when we place the most vulnerable in the centre of all decision-making, we will have a society that is far more caring to all.

This constituency has very much felt underrepresented. The issues impacting all of the country are here but we are feeling overlooked. The housing and homelessness crisis needs to be addressed urgently and the implementation of Sláintecare must not be delayed.

I will be pushing to get the Sláintecare rollout fully funded, to have a cross-party response to the housing and homelessness crisis and to remove electioneering from those very basic needs.