Want to run for election? Time is running out to lodge the paperwork.

Potential candidates in the general election have until 12 noon to lodge their nomination papers.

The paperwork must be with Returning Officer Eithne Coughlan in Naas Court Office by 12 noon today.

Ger Dunne yesterday announced that he will be running as an Independent candidate in the Kildare North constituency.

Mary Kennedy will run for a seat in Kildare South as a Renua candidate. She is the national PRO Co-ordinator for Renua, and is a first time Dail candidate.