Michael Brennan is an Irish former politician from Adare in County Limerick who served as a member of Seanad Éireann.
The office of Mayor of the City and County of Limerick is currently the title used by the chairperson of Limerick City and County Council. Prior to the establishment of the council,the Mayor of Limerick was the chairperson of Limerick City Council. The office was originally established in 1195 and reinforced by a charter issued in 1197. From June 2024,following the 2024 Limerick mayoral election,the Mayor of Limerick will be a directly elected office with a five-year term.
Kieran O'Donnell is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Minister of State since December 2022. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency since the 2020 general election,and previously from 2011 to 2016 and from 2007 to 2011 for the Limerick East constituency. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Transport and Communications Networks in September 2020. He was a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2016 to 2020.
Jerry Buttimer is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since December 2022. He has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since 2016,and previously from 2007 to 2011. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from July 2020 to August 2020,Leader of the Seanad from 2016 to 2020 and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 2011 to 2016.
Patrick Kennedy was a barrister and Fine Gael politician from Limerick city in Ireland.
Mary Jackman was an Irish Fine Gael politician. She was a senator from 1989 to 1992 and again from 1997 to 2002.
Timothy Joseph O'Donovan was a Farmers' Party and Fine Gael politician from County Cork in Ireland. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1923 to 1944,then a senator from 1944 until 1954,serving as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 1948 to 1951.
Kevin Kiely is an Irish politician and former Mayor of Limerick from 2009 to 2010. He was made a Peace Commissioner in 1983 by the then Fine Gael Minister for Justice,Michael Noonan. He is a member of Fine Gael.
The Willie O'Dea affidavit incident or Brothelgate was a 2010 political controversy in Ireland involving Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea.
Maurice Quinlivan is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency since the 2016 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Enterprise,Trade and Employment in September 2020. He was chosen as Sinn Féin's nominee for Mayor of Limerick,at the 2024 election.
Patrick O'Donovan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Further and Higher Education,Research,Innovation and Science since 2024. He previously served as a Minister of State from 2016 to 2024. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick County constituency since 2016,and from 2011 to 2016 for the Limerick constituency.
The Local Government Reform Act 2014 is an act of the Oireachtas which provided for a major restructuring of local government in Ireland with effect from the 2014 local elections. It merged some first-tier county and city councils,abolished all second-tier town and borough councils,and created a new second tier of municipal districts covering rural as well as urban areas. It also provided for a plebiscite on whether to create a directly elected executive Mayor of the Dublin Metropolitan Area although this provision was not activated. The act was introduced as a bill on 15 October 2013 by Phil Hogan,the Minister for the Environment,Community and Local Government,and signed into law on 27 January 2014 by President Michael D. Higgins. Most of its provisions came into force on 1 June 2014.
Limerick City and County Council is the local authority of Limerick City and County in Ireland. It came into operation on 1 June 2014 after the 2014 local elections. It was formed by the merger of Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council under the provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. As a city and county council,it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community,roads and transportation,urban planning and development,amenity and culture,and environment. The council has 40 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The city and county administration is headed by a Chief Executive,Pat Daly. The administrative centre is City Hall,Limerick,with other civic offices at Dooradoyle. Following a plebiscite in 2019,Limerick is due to become the first local authority in Ireland with a directly elected mayor.
An election to all 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections,a reduction from an overall total of 45 seats at the previous elections and 28 at the 2009 County Council election). It was a new local authority replacing the abolished Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council. Limerick City and County was 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).
Mary Hoade is a Fianna Fáil Councillor for the Tuam Local Electoral Area on Galway County Council.
Maria Byrne is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since April 2021. She was previously a senator from 2016 to 2020.
The 2019 Irish local elections were held in all local authorities in Ireland on Friday,24 May 2019,on the same day as the 2019 European Parliament election and a referendum easing restrictions on divorce. Each local government area is divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) where three to seven councillors are elected on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
Emer Higgins is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency since the 2020 general election.
John Cummins is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2020.
An election to all 18 seats on Longford County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Longford is divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
