Local Government

Date set for the country’s first directly mayor election in Limerick

Limerick is the first city in the country to get a directly elected mayor because its citizens voted for it during a plebiscite in May 2019

Kieran O’Donnell, the Fine Gael Limerick city TD who is also the Minister of State for Local Government, said that having a directly elected mayor in Limerick would be one the most significant reforms of local government in the state’s history. Picture: Collins

The country’s first directly elected mayor will be chosen in Limerick during next year’s local elections.

The cabinet has decided to hold the election for mayor in June next year, on the same day as the local and European elections.

It has also signed off on the necessary bill to give new powers to the directly elected Limerick mayor.

Limerick is the first city in the country to get a directly elected mayor because its ...