A total of 92 candidates will be on the ballot papers in the Local Elections in Limerick on Friday 24 May 2019.
Over a fifth of candidates are women
The deadline for receipt of nominations was Saturday 04 May 2019 and candidates had until 12 noon today [07 May 2019] to withdraw their nomination.
Twenty of the candidates are women, representing 21.7% of the total number of candidates on the ballot papers. The Newcastle West Municipal District is the only area without any female candidates.
The Local Elections 2019 will be held on Friday 24 May 2019 in conjunction with the European Elections, the Referendum on the Regulation of Divorce and the Plebiscite on a Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions for Limerick city and county.
Polling will take place from 7am to 10pm.
There are six Local Electoral Areas within Limerick City and County Council returning a total of 40 councillors.
- Adare - Rathkeale - 6 seats
- Cappamore - Kilmallock - 7 seats
- Limerick City East - 7 seats
- Limerick City North - 7 seats
- Limerick City West - 7 seats
- Newcastle West - 6 seats
List of candidates
| Adare-Rathkeale | Cappamore-Kilmallock | Limerick City East |
| Bridie Collins FF Stephen Keary FG Mark Keogh DDI Emmett O'Brien IND Trina O'Dea FF Richard O'Donoghue IND Mike Putt DDI Kevin Sheahan FF Theresa Storey GP Adam Teskey FG Leo Walsh FG |
PJ Carey IND Greg Conway FG Michael Donegan FF John Egan FG Jim Hickey SF Shane Hogan AON Trevor McCarthy SD Joseph Meagher FF Gerald Mitchell FG John O'Gorman IND Eddie Ryan FF Martin Ryan FF Noreen Stokes FG Brigid Teefy IND |
Noel Hannan IND Seán Hartigan GP Sarah Jane Hennelly SD Marian Hurley FG Paul Keller SOL-PBP Sarah Kiely FG Derek Mulcahy IND Michael Murphy FG Séighin Ó Ceallaigh SF Jerry O'Dea FF Joe Pond FF Diarmuid Ryan IND Michael Ryan AON Elena Secas LAB Michael Sheahan FG Catherine Slattery FF |
| Limerick City North | Limerick City West | Newcastle West |
| Sharon Benson SF Mary Cahillane SOL-PBP Ruth Clarke IND John Costelloe SF Anne Cronin LAB Frankie Daly IND Des Hayes IND Kevin Kiely IND Brian Leddin GP Denis McCarthy FG Christy McInerney FF Eleanor McSherry FG John Nugent SF Brian O'Connor FG Maeve O'Donnell AON Kieran O'Hanlon FF Pat O'Neill FF Olivia O'Sullivan FG Dean Quinn IND Conor Sheehan LAB Kieran Walsh SD |
Daniel Butler FG Mark Carey IND James Collins FF Sunnymartins Duruagwu IND Julian Fitzgibbon AON Elenora Hogan FG Fergus Kilcoyne IND Joe Leddin LAB John Loftus IND Jim Long IND Sean Lynch FF Breandán Anraoi MacGabhann GP Cathal McCarthy IND Malachy McCreesh SF Dan McSweeney FG Jamie Morrissey IND Seónaidh Ní Shíomóin SOL-PBP Elisa O'Donovan SD Abul Kalam Azad Talukder FF |
Séamus Browne SF Michael Collins FF John Dalton REN Francis Foley FF Liam Galvin FG Christy Kelly IND Conor O'Donoghue AON Sean O'Mahony IND Tom Ruddle FG Jerome Scanlan FG John Sheahan FG |
The party breakdown of the candidates is:
- Fine Gael (FG) 22 (6 women)
- Fianna Fail (FF) 18 (3 women)
- Sinn Féin (SF) 7 (1 woman)
- Aontú (AON) 5 (1 woman)
- Green Party (GP) 4 (1 woman)
- Labour (LAB) 4 (2 women)
- Social Democrats (SD) 4 (2 women)
- Solidarity – People Before Profit (SOL-PBP) 3 (2 women)
- Direct Democracy Ireland (DDI) 2
- Renua (REN) 1
- Independent (IND) 22 (2 women)
Limerick is guaranteed to elect seven new councillors due to the decisions of Cllrs Vivienne Crowley (FF), John Gilligan (IND), Noel Gleeson (FF), Michael Hourigan (FG), Ciara McMahon (SF), Bill O’Donnell (FG) and Lisa Marie Sheehy (SF) not to run.
Since the last local elections a number of changes have been made by the Local Area Boundary Committee.
Limerick City East has lost a seat at the expense of Limerick City North meaning both are now 7 seaters.
To cater for these changes a number of areas are moving from Limerick City East to Limerick City North. They mostly centre around the Garryowen and Singland areas.
For a full list of areas changing, please: Search ‘Local Elections’ on www.Limerick.ie.
You can see all the changes and for important dates and other information on the Local Elections click here.