Deirdre Clune is an Irish Fine Gael politician. She is a TD for the constituency of Cork South Central. Clune was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1997 general election succeeding her father, Peter Barry who was retiring. She lost her seat at the 2002 general election but regained it in the 2007 general election. Clune was educated at Ursuline Convent Cork, University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin.

Kathy Sinnott (born September 29, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a disability rights campaigner and politician representing Ireland. She is secretary of the Hope Project. She stood successfully for to became a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland South in the 2004 European elections. She campaigned on disability and education issues, and to a lesser extent Euroscepticism and social conservatism, espusing much of the agenda of the Christian Right, …

Dan Boyle is an Irish Green Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South Central from 2002–2007 and was the Green Party spokesperson on Finance, Social & Family Affairs, Finance and Community, Rural Development & the Islands during the 29th Dáil. He was also the Party Chief Whip. Dan Boyle was born in Chicago in the United States to emigrant Irish parents.

Simon Coveney (born June 16, 1972 in Cork) is an Irish politician. He is a member of Fine Gael, part of the European People's Party. Coveney is a Teachta Dála for Cork South Central. He was first elected in the October 1998 by-election to succeed his father Hugh Coveney, re-elected at the 2002 general election, and returned by the voters again in 2007. In the 2007 general election he was returned by the voters to the Dáil, and as a result stepped down as an MEP, …

John Dennehy is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is a former TD for the constituency of Cork South Central. Dennehy was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1987 general election but lost his seat to party colleague Batt O'Keeffe at the 1992 general election. He regained his seat at the 1997 general election and narrowly held it by 6 votes against a challenge from Kathy Sinnott at the 2002 general election. He lost his seat at the 2007 general election.

Brendan Ryan is an Irish politician and member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann for the Labour Party representing the National University of Ireland constituency. Brendan Ryan was first elected to the Senate by graduates of the National University of Ireland in 1981. He was a member of the Senate from 1981 until 1993, when he was defeated. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1997, and has been a member since then.

Ciarán Lynch (born June 13, 1964 in Cork) is an Irish Labour Party TD representing the Cork South Central constituency having been elected in the 2007 general election. He was educated in UCC where he studied Social Studies and in WIT where he studied Humanities. He works as an Adult Literacy Organiser in Cork. Lynch is also the chairperson of the Labour Party in Cork South Central and has been a member of the constituency executive since 1999.

(Bartholomew) "Batt" O'Keeffe, is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork North West and is currently the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government. Batt O'Keeffe was born in Cork in 1945. He was educated at St. Brendan's College, Killarney, Co. Kerry and University College Cork where he received a Bachelor of Arts.

Micheál Martin (born 16 August, 1960) is a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South Central and is currently the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment. He has previously served as Minister for Education & Science (1997-2000) and Minister for Health & Children (2000-2004).

Michael McGrath is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is a Teachta Dála representing the Cork South Central constituency. He was elected in the 2007 general election.

John Minihan is an Irish politician and member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann for the Progressive Democrats. He had previously served in the Irish Defence Forces where he attained the rank of captain. He stood as Progressive Democrat candidate for the Cork South Central constituency in the 2007 general election.

Pat Cox is a former Irish politician and television current affairs presenter. He was President of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004 and served as a member of the parliament from 1989-2004. He is now a consultant for European Integration Solutions Born in Dublin but raised in Limerick, Cox first came to prominence as a journalist, then a presenter, with RTÉ's "Today Tonight", …

Gene FitzGerald is a former Irish politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) and a Member of the European Parliament for the Fianna Fáil party. FitzGerald also served as Minister for Labour and Minister for Finance. Gene Fitzgerald was born in Crookstown, County Cork in August 1932. He was educated nearby in Cork at the Presentation Brothers College. FitzGerald was first elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election in 1972.