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Name: John McNally.

Name: John McNally.

Age: 50.

Education: Clongowes Wood College; UCD, where he studied philosophy and psychology while also a clerical student at Clonliffe.

Family: Married to Jackie Kavanagh. They have two children, Stephen and Mark. He has three children, Sandra, Hugh and Jennifer, by his first marriage.

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Current position: President of Dublin Chamber of Commerce; Deputy Chief Executive of Ulster Bank retail section.

Why is he in the news? He has called for the appointment of a "Supremo" for Dublin, with responsibility for all economic issues affecting the city.