A member of South Dublin County Council, Ó Broin stood unsuccessfully for Sinn Féin in the Dún Laoghaire constituency in the 2007 General Election, and then missed out on the final count in Dublin Mid-West in 2011.

Cllr | Dublin Mid-West
A member of South Dublin County Council, Ó Broin stood unsuccessfully for Sinn Féin in the Dún Laoghaire constituency in the 2007 General Election, and then missed out on the final count in Dublin Mid-West in 2011.