47 candidates for 17 City Council seats.

ninty9er

There is a massive demand for City Council seats at the moment There is at least 1 councillor who will lose out with the merging of Wards 3 and 4 into City South with 19 candidates 8 sitting councillors and 7 seats.

Kieran Walsh is the only sitting councillor not seeking re-election leaving McLoughlin on his own in City East.

The candidate options by party are below

City South
8 sitting City Councillors
7 seats up for grabs:
3 FF
4 FG
3 Lab
1 SF
8 Ind

Total: 19 candidates

City North
5 sitting City Councillors and 1 County Councillor
6 seats up for grabs:
2 FF
3 FG
2 Lab
1 Green
1 SF
1 RSF
1 CSP
6 Ind

Total: 17 candidates

City East
4 sitting City Councillors
4 Seats:
2 FF
1 FG
1 Lab
1 SF
6 Ind

Total: 11 candidates

Total Category
7 FF
8 FG
6 Lab
1 Green
3 SF
1 RSF
1 CSP
20 Ind

Berty

Poor old Kieran Walsh. He had a hard time when they put 1/3 of Corbally back into the County Clare electoral area and him being from Shannon Banks did nothing beneficial for his votes as nobody could vote for him.

We used to call him "shirty". He never did like that nickname. Old school day friends.

gaf1983

Here's a list of candidates for the city council elections, as published in the Limerick Leader on 6 May.

LIMERICK CITY COUNCIL

Limerick City South (7 seats)
Fianna Fail
Tom O'Callaghan
Anna Banko
Jim Hickey

Fine Gael
Cllr Ger Fahy
Cllr Maria Byrne
Cllr Diarmuid Scully
Cllr Jim Long

Labour
Cllr Joe Leddin
Orla McLoughlin
Derek Mulcahy

Sinn Fein
Sean Griffin

Non-party (Republican Sinn Fein)
Sean O'Neill

Independent
Cllr Pat Kennedy
Cllr Lily Wallace
Cllr James Houlihan
Jack Bourke
Pat O'Sullivan
Cathal McCarthy
Robert Gardiner


Limerick City East (4 seats)

Fianna Fail
Christy McInerney
Cllr Kieran O'Hanlon

Fine Gael
Denis McCarthy

Labour
Cllr Gerry McLoughlin

Sinn Fein
Tom Collopy

Independent
Cllr John Gilligan
Noel 'Buster' Hannan
John Daly
Christy Vereker
Paddy Mason


Limerick City North (7 seats)

Fianna Fail
Cllr John Cronin
Joe Crowley

Fine Gael
Cllr Michael Hourigan
Cllr Cormac Hurley
Cllr Kevin Kiely

Labour
Cllr John Ryan
Tom Shortt

Green Party
James Nix

Sinn Fein
Maurice Quinlivan

Non-party (Republican Sinn Fein)
Mick 'The Quill' Ryan

Independent
Cllr Kathleen Leddin
Matt Larkin
Pat McCarthy
Conor O'Donoghue (CSP)
Denis Riordan

Tina O'Gorman and some other fella have since declared for the Northside. Does anyone know if there were any other late declarations?

ninty9er

I saw Tina O'Gorman's posters but the above is collated form the Leader website

"To have 47 people going for 17 seats is an indication of a healthy interest in local politics and local democracy in Limerick," said deputy city manager and returning officer Kieran Lehane as the nominations deadline passed this Saturday.