Information on Derek Keating:

1st Elected to South Dublin County Council (SDCC) in 1999

Re-elected in 2004 with 3,680 1st preferences votes - the 10th highest vote in Ireland that day

Credible 2,701 1st preference votes in last year's General Election

Recently elected Chairman of the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee in SDCC

Currently a member of South Dublin County Council's Strategic Policy Committees on Transport, and Sports, Recreation and Community

Outgoing Deputy Mayor of South Dublin County Council

Previously elected Chairman of SDCC's Strategic Policy Committee on Sports, Recreation & Parks

Previously elected Chairman of the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee in SDCC

Community efforts;

Director of Pieta House - Ireland's 1st Community based, free service to people at risk of Suicide and Self-Harm

Director of Lucan Disability Action Group - providing services, including transport to residents with disabilities

Director of Lucan Home-Start - providing family services in the Lucan community

Founder and Co-ordinator of Chernobyl Children Appeal (Irl) - Lucan Group - providing holidays for children from the Chernobyl region in the Lucan area

Derek recently opened the new Lucan Youth Services Centre, which will include Lucan's 1st Youth Café

Former Director of Liffey Sound 96.4FM - Lucan's Community Radio

Former Chairman, Manager, and Trainer of Beech Park Football Club, Lucan

Founder of the Lucan Skate Park Club - to promote the now open Lucan Skate Park