2024 Limerick City and County Council election
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An election to all 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council and to the directly elected mayor of Limerick will held in June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] Limerick City and County is divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect 40 councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[2] Limerick is the first local authority in Ireland to have directly elected mayor, following a plebiscite held at the previous council election.
Mayoral election[edit]
An election for a directly elected Mayor of Limerick will be held under the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024.[3] Candidates can be nominated by a registered political party or with the support of 60 electors.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Aontú | Sarah Beasley | |||
| Fine Gael | Daniel Butler | |||
| Independent | Frankie Daly | |||
| PBP–Solidarity | Ruairi Fahy | |||
| Rabharta | Laura Keyes | |||
| Green | Brian Leddin | |||
| Independent | John Moran | |||
| Socialist Party | Caitríona Ní Chatháin | |||
| Independent | Helen O'Donnell | |||
| Social Democrats | Elisa O'Donovan | |||
| Sinn Féin | Maurice Quinlivan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Dee Ryan | |||
| Labour | Conor Sheehan | |||
| Party for Animal Welfare | Gerben Uunk | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Results by party in the Local Elections[edit]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | |||||||
| Fine Gael | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | |||||||
| Aontú | |||||||
| Green | |||||||
| Labour | |||||||
| Independent Ireland | New | New | |||||
| Social Democrats | New | New | |||||
| People Before Profit | New | New | |||||
| Independent | |||||||
| Totals | 40 | 
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Candidates by local electoral area[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Adare–Rathkeale[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Bridie Collins[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Joanne Collins | |||
| Independent Ireland | Tommy Hartigan | |||
| Fine Gael | Stephen Keary[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Trina O'Dea | |||
| Independent Ireland | John O’Donoghue[†] | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Sheahan[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Adam Teskey[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerald Ward | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Cappamore–Kilmallock[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Audrey Byrnes | |||
| Sinn Féin | P.J. Carey[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Gregory Conway | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Donegan[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | John Egan[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Al Fitzgerald | |||
| Independent Ireland | Grainne Hanley | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Dinny Hourigan | |||
| Green | Robert O'Donnell | |||
| Fine Gael | Tommy O'Sullivan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Ryan[*] | |||
| Aontú | Michael Ryan | |||
| Fine Gael | Noreen Stokes | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Limerick City East[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Peter Doyle | |||
| Sinn Féin | Ursula Gavan | |||
| Green | Sean Hartigan[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Sarah Kiely[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mike Killeen | |||
| Independent | Dean Lillis | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Murphy[*] | |||
| Aontú | Eric Nelligan | |||
| Rabharta | Michael O'Brien | |||
| Independent | Pat O'Neill | |||
| Sinn Féin | Danielle O'Shea | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Pond[†] | |||
| Labour | Elena Secas[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Catherine Slattery[*] | |||
| Social Democrats | Donnah S. Vuma | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Limerick City North[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Aontú | Sarah Beasley | |||
| Sinn Féin | Sharon Benson[*] | |||
| Independent Ireland | Ruth Clarke | |||
| Sinn Féin | John Collopy[*] | |||
| Independent Ireland | Frankie Daly[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Richard Delaney | |||
| PBP–Solidarity | Ruairi Fahy | |||
| Social Democrats | Shane Hickey-O'Mara | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Suzzie O'Deniyi | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Kieran O'Hanlon[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Olivia O'Sullivan[*] | |||
| Independent | Dean Quinn | |||
| Labour | Conor Sheehan[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Mark Spain | |||
| Green | Saša Novak Uí Chonchúir[†] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Limerick City West[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Esther Aherne | |||
| Fine Gael | Daniel Butler[*] | |||
| Independent | Shahin Keza | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Fergus Kilcoyne[*] | |||
| Labour | Joe Leddin[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Frances Lonergan | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael MacCurtain | |||
| Sinn Féin | Malachy McCreesh | |||
| Fine Gael | Dan McSweeney[*] | |||
| Social Democrats | Elisa O'Donovan[*] | |||
| Green | Peter Spencer | |||
| Independent | Maria Donoghue | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Newcastle West[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Jim Barrett | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Kathleen Barrett | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Collins[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Pádraig Collins | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Francis Foley[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Liam Galvin[*] | |||
| Independent Ireland | Pat King | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerard Madigan | |||
| Fine Gael | Tom Ruddle[*] | |||
| Independent | Jerome Scanlon[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | John Sheahan[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ English, Bernie (6 March 2024). "President signs Mayor of Limerick bill into law". Limerick Post. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Boland, Lauren (13 March 2024). "Here's who's in the running so far to be Limerick's first directly elected mayor". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Halloran, Cathy (17 March 2024). "Who are the candidates in the historic Limerick mayor election?". RTÉ. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Sassone, Erika (17 April 2024). "Meet the people who would be Limerick's first directly-elected Mayor – all 13 so far declared". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 April 2024.