Grace Boland has been elected for Fine Gael in the three-seat constituency of Fingal West.
A lawyer from north Co Dublin, she has a background steeped in politics in the area.
Her late father, John Boland, was a Fine Gael TD and served as Minister for Health, Minister for the Environment, Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Education. He also served as a Senator prior to being elected to the Dail.
Her uncle and godfather, Cathal Boland is a long-time councillor in Fingal, although in the general election he was involved in the campaign to elect independent Tony Murphy.
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Aged 47, she is the mother of two school-going daughters.
A former corporate lawyer, she now has a law practice in the town of Skerries which deals with small businesses in Fingal.
