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List of immigrant candidates

Metro Éireann, 21-27 May 2009

José Ospina (LAB) Cork South West - From Colombia, 61-year-old development consultant. In Ireland since 1996. Married with three children.

Idowu Olafimihan (FF) Fingal County Council - From Nigeria, 39-year-old running security business. In Ireland since 1999. Living with partner and children.

Stella Oladapo (FF) Leterkenny Town Council - From Nigeria, 37-year-old claims examiner for UnitedHealth Group. In Ireland since 2004. Married with four children.

Frances Soney-Ituen (IND) Athy Town Council - From Nigeria, 36-year-old corrosion engineer and founder of the Women’s Integrated Network (WIN). In Ireland since 2003. Married with two children.

Paul Osikoya (GRN) Tuam Town Council - From Nigeria, 45-year-old economist researching PhD at NUI Galway. In Ireland since 2000. Married with five children.

Okey Williams Kalu (FG) Castlebar Town Council - From Nigeria, 36-year-old law student. In Ireland since 2005. Married with four children.

Shaheen Ahmed (FF) South Dublin Co Council, Lucan - From Pakistan, 54-year-old businessman. In Ireland since 1981. Married with four children.

Tomasz Askuntowicz (FG) Tullamore Town Council - From Poland, 39-year-old fitter/welder. In Ireland since 2003. Married with two children.

Anna Banko (FF) Limerick East - From Poland, 30-year-old beautician. In Ireland since 2004. Single, no children.

Agnieszka Faltyn (FG) Templemore Town Council - From Poland, 29-year-old restaurant supervisor. In Ireland since 2006. Married with two children.

Katarzyna Gaborec (FF) Mullingar Town Council - From Poland, 26-year-old administrator in a construction company. In Ireland since 2007. Single, no children.

Anna Kulikowska (LAB) Shannon Town Council - From Poland, 35-year-old waiter. In Ireland since 2004. Single with one child.

Anna Michalska (FF) Kilkenny City Council - From Poland, 26-year-old health and safety instructor. In Ireland since 2004. Living with partner.

Wojciech Wisniewski (FF) Shannon Town Council - From Poland, 30-year-old assistant bar manager. In Ireland since 2004. Single, no children.

Alex Peter Ivanov (GRN) Bailieborough/Cootehill Town Council - From Russia, 37-year-old student at the Cavan Institute. In Ireland since 2000. Married with three children.

Anna Rooney (FF) Clones Town Council - From Russia, 35-year-old owner of Culture Link training agency. In Ireland since 2000. Married with two children.

Patrick Maphoso (IND) Dublin North Inner City - From South Africa, 40-year-old security consultant. In Ireland since 2001. Married with four children.

John Hardt (GRN) Kildare County Council - From the United States, 57-year-old homemaker. In Ireland since 1996. Married with three children.

Tendai Madondo (GRN) Tallaght South - From Zimbabwe, 33-year-old aid worker for Christian Aid. In Ireland since 2002. Married with three children.

Bartlomiej Bruzewicz (FG) Dublin North Inner City - From Poland, 30-year-old law graduate working for Group 4. In Ireland since 2006.

Eddie Kimpwene (IND) Castlebar Town Council - From DR Congo, 39-year-old owner of Fast Eddie Recruitment. In Ireland since 2000. Married with five children.

Baby Pereppadan (IND) Tallaght South - From India, 41-year-old area manager for Avon Cosmetics Ireland. In Ireland since 2000. Married with two children.

Ina Nemirskaite (FF) Carrickmacross Town Council - From Latvia, 35-year-old translator. In Ireland since 2002. Lives with partner and two children.

Kristina Jankaitiene (GRN) Carrickmacross Town Council - From Lithuania, 24-year-old homemaker. In Ireland since 2002. Married with two children.

Vilma Moceviciene (FG) Balbriggan Town Council - From Lithuania, 41-year-old receptionist at Citizen Information Service. In Ireland since 2002. Married with two children.

Ala Olsevska (FF) Portlaoise Town Council - From Lithuania, 39-year-old head chef at the Heritage Hotel, Killenard. In Ireland since 2000. Married with two children.

Elena Secas (LAB) Limerick East - From Moldova, 35-year-old MA student at University of Limerick. In Ireland since 2001. Married with one child.

Jan Rotte (LAB) Lismore Town Council - From the Netherlands, 59-year-old management consultant and Mayor of Lismore. In Ireland since 1997. Married with four children.

Michael Abiola-Phillips (FG) Letterkenny Town Council - From Nigeria, 44-year-old qualified teacher. In Ireland since 2002. Married with four children.

Rotimi Adebari (IND) Portlaoise Town Council/Laois Co Council - From Nigeria, 45-year-old intercultural consultant. In Ireland since 2000. Married with four children.

Festus Peters Asemota (IND) Cork County Council - From Nigeria, 46-year-old international lawyer. In Ireland since 2000. Married with four children.

Benedicta Attoh (FG) Dundalk South - From Nigeria, consultant on diversity management in her late 30s. In Ireland since 2000. Mother of six.

Yinka Dixon (GRN) Louth Co Council/Drogheda Borough Council - From Nigeria, 48-year-old lecturer with Dublin VEC. In Ireland since 1999. Married with children.

George Enyoazu (GRN) Dundalk Town Council - From Nigeria, 46-year-old self-employed salesman and MA student at DCU. In Ireland since 2001. Married with four children

Dr Taiwo Matthew (IND) Ennis Town Council - From Nigeria, 47-year-old public health specialist. In Ireland since 1999. Married with three children.

Philips Femi Obimah (GRN) Mullingar Town Council - From Nigeria, 35-year-old company owner and student at Trinity College. In Ireland since 2001. Separated with one child.

Adeola Ogunsina (FG) Fingal County Council - From Nigeria, economist in his late 30s. In Ireland since 2000. Married with children.

Ignatius Okafor (IND) Fingal County Council - From Nigeria, 39-year-old IT engineer at Temple Street Children’s Hospital. In Ireland since 2000. Married with two children.

This article was produced with the assistance of the Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS)