A second Healy-Rae is to run in the Kerry constituency in the General Election.
Danny has joined his brother Michael on the ticket.
Their father, the late Jackie Healy-Rae, was elected to the Dáil in 1997.
He served the Kerry South constituency until 2011, when he stood down before the 2011 general election, with his son Michael taking a seat in the constituency.
Michael has said his brother Danny will focus on the Killarney electoral area, where he is a councillor, in the General Election campaign.
He will seek first-preference votes in this well-populated area and second preferences for his brother.
Michael Healy-Rae will then concentrate his efforts on the rest of the five-seat constituency.
He said Danny's late decision to run was heavily influenced by the withdrawal of fellow independent Tom Fleming last Friday.
Spoke to Michael Healy Rae. The strategy: target 2 seats. Danny to seek Killarney area vote (ie Tom Fleming vote). pic.twitter.com/SkuTbIhP9C
— Seán Mac an tSíthigh (@Buailtin) February 11, 2016
The Healy-Raes claim they have been inundated with requests to run two Dáil candidates.
Healy-Rae candidates topped the poll in two electoral areas in Kerry in the 2014 council elections.
Kerry changes from two three-seaters (Kerry North-West Limerick and Kerry South) to a single five-seat constituency in this election.
