Thurles native Mary Hanafin will contest the next General Election.
The former Minister failed to make it through a recent selection convention in Dún Laoghaire.
However she has now been added to the Fianna Fáil ticket by the party’s national constituncies committee.
Ms Hanafin – daughter of the late Des Hanafin – lost her Dáil seat in 2011.
Fianna Fail holds none of the four seats in the Dún Laoghaire constituency at present.
