Complex sentence: At the 1977 general election he stood for the Dáil in the Dublin Clontarf constituency as a Fianna Fáil candidate and was elected alongside Fianna Fáil stalwart George Colley.
Split into simpler sentences: At the 1977 general election he stood for the Dáil in the Dublin Clontarf constituency as a Fianna Fáil candidate. He was elected alongside Fianna Fáil stalwart George Colley.