Limerick City and County Council

Limerick City and County Council Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Luimnigh
Type
Type	City and County council
Leadership
Mayor	Liam Galvin, FG
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Fianna Fáil (12)      Fine Gael (12)      Sinn Féin (6)      Anti-Austerity Alliance (3)      Labour Party (3)      Independent (4)
Elections
Last election	23 May 2014
Meeting place
City and County Hall, Merchants Quay, Limerick
Website
limerick.ie/council

The area governed by the council

Limerick City and County Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Luimnigh) is the authority responsible for local government in the City of Limerick and County Limerick in Ireland. It came into operation on 1 June 2014 after the 2014 local elections.^[1] It is a merger of Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council under the provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. The city and county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Conn Murray. The administrative centre is Limerick.

Councillors

The council has 40 seats. For the purpose of elections the city and county is divided into four Municipal Districts and six local electoral areas (LEA).^[2]

LEA	Seats	District
Adare–Rathkeale	6	Municipal District of Adare–Rathkeale
Cappamore–Kilmallock	7	Municipal District of Cappamore–Kilmallock
Newcastle West	6	Municipal District of Newcastle West
Limerick City East	8	Metropolitan District of Limerick^†
Limerick City North	6
Limerick City West	7

^† A district associated with a city or borough is termed a metropolitan district or borough district respectively.

2014 seats summary

Party		Seats
	Fianna Fáil	13
	Fine Gael	12
	Sinn Féin	6
	Anti-Austerity Alliance	3
	Labour Party	3
	Independent	3

Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.^[3]

Council members from 2014 election
Local electoral area	Name	Party
Adare–Rathkeale	Emmett O'Brien		Independent
	Tom Neville		Fine Gael
	Stephen Keary		Fine Gael
	Kevin Sheahan		Fianna Fáil
	Richard O'Donoghue		Fianna Fáil
	Ciara McMahon		Sinn Féin
Cappamore–Kilmallock	Brigid Teefy		Independent
	Eddie Ryan		Fianna Fáil
	Lisa Marie Sheehy		Sinn Féin
	Noel Gleeson		Fianna Fáil
	Mike Donegan		Fianna Fáil
	Gerald Mitchell		Fine Gael
	William O'Donnell		Fine Gael
Newcastle West	Jerome Scanlan		Fine Gael
	Michael Collins		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Galvin		Fine Gael
	Séamus Browne		Sinn Féin
	Francis Foley		Fianna Fáil
	John Sheahan		Fine Gael
Limerick City East	Séighin Ó Ceallaigh		Sinn Féin
	Shane Clifford		Fianna Fáil
	Kieran O'Hanlon		Fianna Fáil
	Paul Keller		Anti-Austerity Alliance
	Michael Sheahan		Fine Gael
	Elena Secas		Labour Party
	Marian Hurley		Fine Gael
	Jerry O'Dea		Fianna Fáil
Limerick City North	Maurice Quinlivan		Sinn Féin
	Michael Hourigan		Fine Gael
	Cian Prendiville		Anti-Austerity Alliance
	Frankie Daly		Labour Party
	John Gilligan		Independent
	Joe Crowley		Fianna Fáil
Limerick City West	James Collins		Fianna Fáil
	Maria Byrne		Fine Gael
	Joe Leddin		Labour Party
	Daniel Butler		Fine Gael
	Malachy McCreesh		Sinn Féin
	John Loftus		Anti-Austerity Alliance
	Seán Lynch		Fianna Fáil

Joe Crowley "suddenly became ill and died" on 15 February 2016.^[4]

Changes in affiliation

Name	Electoral area	Elected as		New affiliation		Date
Richard O'Donoghue	Adare–Rathkeale		Fianna Fáil		Independent	December 2015

References

1. "Local authorities". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
2. "S.I. No. 56/2014 - City and County of Limerick Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014". Irish Statute Book. 7 February 2014.
3. "2014 Local elections: Limerick City and County Council". Local Government. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
4. "Councillor dies while canvassing in Limerick". 15 February 2016.