John Moran (Mayor of Limerick)

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John Moran
Mayor of Limerick
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 June 2024
Personal details
Born1965/1966(age 58–59)
Birmingham, England
Political party Independent
Education CBS Sexton Street
Alma mater
Website johnmoran.ie

John Moran (born 1965/1966) [1] is an Irish politician who was elected as the Mayor of Limerick, following the 2024 Limerick mayoral election. He was inaugurated on 21 June 2024. [2]

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Early life

Born in Birmingham, Moran was raised on his family's farm in Patrickswell, County Limerick and later in Dooradoyle. [3] [4] He attended St Paul's national school in Dooradoyle, and CBS Sexton Street in Limerick. [2]

He obtained a law degree at University College Dublin, followed by a master's from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. [2]

Career

Following his master's degree, Moran passed the New York state bar and worked as a lawyer on Wall Street for three years. He returned to Ireland in 1990 to attain an Irish law qualification, before returning to the United States to run the New York office of McCann Fitzgerald. He later worked as an investment banker with Zurich Financial Services. [2] [5] In 2004, Moran moved to Paris and set up a juice bar there. [5]

He was the secretary-general of the Department of Finance from 2012 to 2014, having been appointed by finance minister Michael Noonan. [6]

Controversies

It was reported that Moran was involved in the international Uber leaks scandal in 2022 when official lobbying register shows RHH International - the consultancy owned by former Department of Finance secretary general John Moran - did not declare contacts with former ministers Michael Noonan and Frances Fitzgerald, and senior civil servant Graham Doyle concerning Uber business. Moran was paid €10,000 by Uber to lobby government ministers to change Irish taxi regulations so it could enter the market. [7]

Mayor of Limerick

On 27 February 2024, Moran announced that he would stand as an independent candidate for the 2024 Limerick mayoral election, the first directly-elected head of local government in Ireland. [8] [9] He launched his campaign at a hotel in Newcastle West on 8 April. [10] The election took place on 7 June. Moran received 22.9% of first-preference votes and was elected on the 12th count. [11] He was inaugurated at a ceremony at Limerick's oldest building, St Mary's Cathedral, on 21 June 2024. [12] [13]

Personal life

He is a gay man, [14] and has a partner named Damien. [3]

In 2022, Moran revealed to Matt Cooper in a radio interview that he had bowel cancer. [5]

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  13. ↑ https://www.limerick.ie/council/newsroom/news/first-ever-inauguration-of-a-directly-elected-mayor-of-limerick
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