CONFIRMED: 90 candidates set to seek election to Limerick City and County Council

A TOTAL of 90 candidates are set be on the ballot paper in the local elections in Limerick on Friday, June 7, next.

The deadline for receipt of nominations fell at noon this Saturday.

As of now, there are 90 people chasing 40 seats on the next Limerick City and County Council, although candidates have until 12noon on Monday to withdraw their nomination should they wish.

As it stands, 27 of the candidates are women, representing just under a third of the candidates on the ballot paper.

Eight female candidates are set to contest City North, seven are expected to run in City East, with four in City West. Three females are on the ballot paper as it stands in Adare-Rathkeale, four contest Cappamore/Kilmallock, while there is just one in the Newcastle West electoral area.

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The 2024 local election takes place in conjunction with the European Elections, and for the first time, a contest to become Limerick's first directly elected mayor.

Fifteen candidates had declared they will be seeking election to the new office as of this Saturday, but again, they have until Monday lunchtime to withdraw.

Polling will take place for all elections between 7am and 10pm on Friday, June 7.

There are six electoral areas within Limerick City and County Council returning a total of 40 councillors. A number of candidates are running in both the mayoral election and the local election.

Should a candidate win the mayoral election, their council seat will become vacant, and their seat will be filled in the form of a co-option - which means it will be in the gift of the party or individual which won the seat in the first place to decide who fills the place.

Limerick is guaranteed to elect at least five new councillors due to the decisions of Mayor Gerald Mitchell, Cllr James Collins, Cllr Emmett O'Brien, Cllr Kevin Sheahan and Cllr John Egan to step down from front-line politics.

Last time Limerick people went to the polls to elect councillors, there were 92 candidates, which means this time around there is a marginal drop.

All confirmed candidates and their party affiliation are listed in the order they submitted their nomination papers to Limerick City and County Council. Prefix "Cllr" denotes outgoing council member looking to retain their seat.

Mayoral election (one seat)

Brian Leddin Green Party

Gerben Uunk Animal Welfare Party
Dee Ryan Fianna Fail
Colm O’Morain Independent
Helen O’Donnell Independent
Maurice Quinlivan Sinn Fein
Ruairi Fahy People before Profit
Cllr Elisa O’Donovan Social Democrats
Sarah Beasley Aontu
Cllr Frankie Daly Independent
Cllr Conor Sheehan Labour
Dr Laura Keyes Rabharta
Cllr Daniel Butler Fine Gael
Caitríona Ní Chatháin Socialist Party
John Moran Independent

Limerick City North (seven seats)

Cllr Sasa Novak Green Party
Cllr Tom Collopy Sinn Fein
Pat O’Neill Independent
Tanya Dunworth Sinn Fein
Cllr Sharon Benson Sinn Fein
Ruth Clarke Independent Ireland
Suzzie O’Deniyi Fianna Fail
Cllr Kieran O’Hanlon Fianna Fail
Ruairí Fahy Solidarity-People Before Profit
Adam Kearney Independent
Shane Hickey-O’Meara Social Democrats
Sarah Beasley Aontu
Cllr Frankie Daly Independent
Dean Quinn Independent
Cllr Conor Sheehan Labour
Dr Laura Keyes An Rabharta Glas – Green Left
Richard Delaney Fine Gael

Mark Spain Fine Gael
Cllr Olivia O’Sullivan Fine Gael

Limerick City East (seven seats)

Cllr Sean Hartigan Green Party
Dean Lillis Independent
Tally Slater Independent
Danielle O’Shea Sinn Fein
Ursula Gavan Sinn Fein
Mike Killeen Sinn Fein
Cllr Joe Pond Fianna Fail
Cllr Catherine Slattery Fianna Fail
Donnah Vuma Social Democrats
Eric Nelligan Aountu
Cllr Elena Secas Labour
Michael O’Brien Rabharta
Cllr Michael Murphy Fine Gael
Peter Doyle Fine Gael
Cllr Sarah Kiely Fine Gael
Patrick McCarthy Independent

Limerick City West (seven seats)

Peter Spencer Green Party
Shahin Reza Independent
Malachy McCreesh Sinn Fein
Frances Lonergan Sinn Fein
Esther Aherne Independent Ireland
Cllr Fergus Kilcoyne Fianna Fail
Cllr Abul Kalam Azad Talukder Fianna Fail
Maria Donoghue Independent
Cllr Elisa O’Donovan Social Democrats
Khalid Mahmood Non-Party
Cllr Joe Leddin Labour
Michael Rafferty Independent
Sean Lynch Independent
Cllr Daniel Butler Fine Gael
Clllr Dan McSweeney Fine Gael
Michael MacCurtain Fine Gael
Cathal McCarthy Independent
Alec Morrissey Independent

Adare/Rathkeale (six seats)

Robert Daly Non-Party
Cllr John O’Donoghue Independent Ireland
Tommy Hartigan Independent Ireland
Cllr Bridie Collins Fianna Fail
Trina O’Dea Fianna Fail
Ger Ward Fianna Fail
Joanne Collins Sinn Fein
Cllr Adam Teskey Fine Gael
Cllr Stephen Keary Fine Gael
Cllr Michael Sheahan Fine Gael
Richard Crehan Independent

Newcastle West (six seats)

Gerben Uunk Party for Animal Welfare
James Barrett Independent Ireland
Pat King Independent Ireland
Kathleen Barrett Fianna Fail
Gerard Madigan Fianna Fail
Cllr Francis Foley Fianna Fail
Cllr Michael Collins Fianna Fail
Padraig Collins Sinn Fein
Cllr Jerome Scanlan Independent
Cllr Tom Ruddle Fine Gael
Cllr Liam Galvin Fine Gael
Cllr John Sheahan Fine Gael

Cappamore/Kilmallock (seven seats)

Rob O’Donnell Green Party
Cllr Eddie Ryan Independent
Michelle Hayes Independent
Grainne Hanley Independent Ireland
Denny Hourigan Fianna Fail
Cllr Mike Donegan Fianna Fail
Al Fitzgerald Fianna Fail
Cllr PJ Carey Sinn Fein
Cllr Brigid Teefy Independent
Cllr Martin Ryan Fianna Fail
Michael Ryan Aontu
Greg Conway Fine Gael
Noreen Stokes Fine Gael
Tommy O’Sullivan Fine Gael

Elsewhere, thousands of local voters will be electing candidates to Clare County Council, with the Banner's local authority administering areas like Westbury and Shannon Banks and their surrounds including places like Parteen, Clonlara, Meelick, Shannon Town and Bunratty.

They will vote in the Shannon electoral district of Clare County Council, with 15 declared candidates here chasing seven seats.

Clare County Council, Shannon Electoral district (seven seats)

James Ryan Sinn Fein

Cllr Donna McGettigan Sinn Fein

John Haugh Aontu

Cllr Michael Begley Independent

Keith McNamara Independent

Rachel Hartigan Fianna Fail

David Griffin Fianna Fail

Cllr Pat O'Gorman Fianna Fail

Fursa Cavanagh Green Party

Tony Mulcahy Fine Gael

Val Gillane Fine Gael

Cllr John Crowe Fine Gael

Cllr PJ Ryan Fine Gael

Pat Barry Independent

Conor O'Brien Independent