Michael Collins TD is Leader and Co-Founder of Independent Ireland. The party was set up to deliver an alternative to existing political parties who many feel have lost touch with the electorate on key issues across Ireland.

Deputy Collins was first elected to Cork Co. Council in 2014 topping the poll with over 3,400 votes. He was elected to Dail Eireann in 2016 before being returned in 2020 elected on the first count with over 11,000 first preference votes.

Collins Led Independent Ireland in it’s first election outing in 2024. In the European election, Independent Ireland's three candidates received 108,685 first-preference votes, coming fourth behind Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and Sinn Féin. Ciaran Mullooly was elected in Midlands–North-West, with Niall Boylan coming fifth on the last count in the four-seat Dublin constituency. In the local elections, the party ranked seventh in first-preference votes, with 51,562 votes, and elected 23 of its 61 candidates. The party elected six councillors to Galway County Council and four councillors to the Cork County Council, and became the third largest party on both councils. Of its thirteen incumbents, eleven were re-elected.

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Email: michael.collins@oireachtas.ie

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