Ben Gilroy for Dublin Bay North

Ben Gilroy is an Irish political and anti-eviction activist. A founder and former leader of Direct Democracy Ireland, Gilroy is a campaigner against evictions and has been described as a "serial litigant" for his multiple legal actions taken against Irish banks and the Government

Gilroy is originally from Raheny, Dublin. His mother was from Westmeath and his father from Leitrim. He describes himself as uneducated, having left school after the Inter Cert and “qualified from the university of life and the other college of hard knocks”. He is married with four children and knows the issues facing the ordinary decent Irish family and the challenges they eith face first hand experience in modern Ireland 2020.

On 20 January 2020, Gilroy was announced as a candidate for the Irish Freedom Party in Dublin Bay North for the 2020 general election.

He was involved with the creation an Irish version of the populist Yellow vests movement called Yellow Vest Ireland.He read out a list of yellow vest demands at their first protest in Dublin and was described by some as the movement's leader, however he and the group consistantly described themselves as a "leaderless movement".

His politics were described by The Irish Times as "populist" He has spoken out against abortion, Ireland's membership of the EU, and mandatory vaccinations. Gilroy was also involved in protests against the eviction's across the country and the campaign to ring in various bills to fundamental protect the family dwelling enshrined in the constitution.