2014 Limerick City and County Council election

Part of the 2014 Irish local elections

2014 Limerick City and County Council election

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All 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Sinn Féin
Seats won  | 13  | 12  | 6

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Party  | Labour | Anti-Austerity Alliance | Independent
Seats won  | 3  | 3  | 3

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Map showing the area of Limerick City and County Council

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| Council control before election

Fine Gael
Labour Party

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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 (17 at the 2009 City Council election) 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).

Significantly Fianna Fáil emerged as the largest party on the council despite being 3,838 first preference votes behind Fine Gael. The party won seats in Limerick city, historically a weak area for them in local elections. Its best results were in Cappaghmore–Kilmallock and Limerick City East where they secured 3 seats in each LEA. Fine Gael were disadvantaged by the merger of the 2 local authorities as they held many councillors on the old City Council and several of these Councillors were defeated under the new boundaries. However, the party won 3 seats in Newcastle West. It was a very poor election for Labour as they just returned 1 seat in each of the 3 city LEAs just as did the Anti-Austerity Alliance. Sinn Féin won 6 seats, to join their existing member Maurice Quinlivan. Independents secured the remaining 3 seats, 1 of which was Emmett O'Brien a former member of the Fianna Fáil National Executive.[1][2] After the elections 4 of the Fianna Fáil members broke away to form an independent block over an internal disagreement over who should secure the Chairmanship of the council. This was later resolved after intercession by Party Headquarters and they rejoined the Fianna Fáil grouping.[3]

## Results by party

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Party  | Seats  | ±  | 1st pref | FPv% | ±%

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| Fianna Fáil | 13  |  | 19,680  | 27.4  |
| Fine Gael | 12  |  | 23,518  | 32.7  |
| Sinn Féin | 6  |  | 9,298  | 12.9  |
| Labour | 3  |  | 4,760  | 6.6  |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | 3  |  | 3,136  | 4.4  |
| Independent | 3  |  | 11,456  | 15.9  |
Total  | 40  |  | 71,848  | 100.0  | —

## Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor.

### Adare–Rathkeale

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Adare-Rathkeale: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Independent | Emmett O'Brien | 18.4%  | 2,270 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Tom Neville | 15.2%  | 1,873 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Stephen Keary[*] | 13.7%  | 1,688  | 1,761  | 1,800 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Kevin Sheahan[*] | 9.9%  | 1,229  | 1,334  | 1,343  | 1,366  | 1,444  | 1,618  | 1,621  | 1,749
| Sinn Féin | Ciara McMahon | 8.3%  | 1,027  | 1,110  | 1,118  | 1,247  | 1,302  | 1,360  | 1,361  | 1,527
| Fianna Fáil | Richard O'Donoghue | 7.4%  | 912  | 942  | 949  | 963  | 1,224  | 1,445  | 1,449  | 1,718
| Fianna Fáil | James Cavanagh  | 6.3%  | 777  | 813  | 819  | 831  | 891  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Rose Brennan[*] | 6.2%  | 766  | 811  | 840  | 867  | 940  | 1,138  | 1,156  | 1,375
| Fianna Fáil | Séamus Sheahan  | 5.9%  | 736  | 749  | 753  | 772  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Patrick Fitzgerald[*] | 5.7%  | 704  | 783  | 789  | 888  | 1,055  | 1,144  | 1,146  |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Kathleen Enright  | 2.8%  | 350  | 394  | 397  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 23,045  Valid: 12,332  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 1,762  Turnout: 12,450 (54.02%)

### Cappamore–Kilmallock

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Cappamore–Kilmallock: 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Independent | Brigid Teefy[*] | 16.04%  | 2,369 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Ryan[*] | 14.7%  | 2,178 |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Lisa-Marie Sheehy | 12.8%  | 1,889 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Gleeson[*] | 9.5%  | 1,399  | 1,488  | 1,554  | 1,559  | 1,893 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mike Donegan[*] | 9.1%  | 1,339  | 1,374  | 1,467  | 1,474  | 1,548  | 1,825
| Fine Gael | Gerard Mitchell | 8.6%  | 1,272  | 1,367  | 1,426  | 1,430  | 1,525  | 1,713
| Fine Gael | John Egan[*] | 7.9%  | 1,165  | 1,242  | 1,251  | 1,254  | 1,355  | 1,509
| Fine Gael | William O'Donnell[*] | 7.5%  | 1,108  | 1,186  | 1,224  | 1,227  | 1,271  | 1,669
| Fine Gael | Mike Houlihan[*] | 7.3%  | 1,071  | 1,101  | 1,141  | 1,148  | 1,208  |
| Independent | Joe Meagher  | 6.7%  | 982  | 1,100  | 1,125  | 1,139  |  |
Electorate: 27,485  Valid: 14,772  Spoilt: 187  Quota: 1,847  Turnout: 14,959 (54.4%)

### Limerick City East

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Limerick City East: 8 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
| Sinn Féin | Seighin O Ceallaigh | 14.3%  | 1,703 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Clifford | 11.2%  | 1,338 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Kieran O'Hanlon[*] | 8.2%  | 975  | 995  | 999  | 1,020  | 1,047  | 1,073  | 1,132  | 1,196  | 1,257  | 1,350 |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Michael Sheahan[*] | 7.7%  | 924  | 929  | 930  | 930  | 932  | 941  | 1,009  | 1,015  | 1,024  | 1,108  | 1,109  | 1,113  | 1,113  | 1,115  | 1,312
| Labour | Elena Secas | 7.3%  | 867  | 878  | 878  | 938  | 943  | 972  | 1,020  | 1,029  | 1,064  | 1,139  | 1,143  | 1,162  | 1,164  | 1,165  | 1,229
| Fine Gael | Marian Hurley | 6.5%  | 772  | 775  | 775  | 777  | 781  | 788  | 866  | 874  | 916  | 990  | 992  | 994  | 995  | 996  | 1,200
| Fine Gael | Leo Walsh[*] | 5.9%  | 709  | 713  | 721  | 723  | 725  | 733  | 745  | 758  | 782  | 851  | 851  | 860  | 860  | 861  |
| Fianna Fáil | Jerry O'Dea | 5.2%  | 619  | 636  | 641  | 658  | 669  | 691  | 760  | 792  | 862  | 917  | 925  | 953  | 955  | 959  | 1,113
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Paul Keller | 4.5%  | 540  | 614  | 618  | 631  | 676  | 707  | 718  | 781  | 823  | 846  | 847  | 1,345 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Diarmuid Scully[*] | 4.2%  | 499  | 506  | 506  | 514  | 519  | 533  | 542  | 583  | 659  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Sarah Jane Hennelly  | 3.9%  | 467  | 484  | 487  | 492  | 543  | 629  | 651  | 714  | 752  | 789  | 791  | 856  | 868  | 869  | 911
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Pond  | 3.8%  | 455  | 463  | 464  | 467  | 469  | 469  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Derek Towell  | 3.7%  | 442  | 536  | 538  | 552  | 587  | 624  | 637  | 673  | 716  | 758  | 762  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Sarah Lee Kiely  | 3.6%  | 427  | 445  | 449  | 472  | 495  | 529  | 535  | 554  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Jim Hickey  | 3.2%  | 384  | 400  | 400  | 409  | 447  | 482  | 491  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Orla McLoughlin[*] | 2.6%  | 313  | 345  | 350  | 370  | 388  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Noel Hannon  | 1.9%  | 236  | 268  | 274  | 295  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Derek Mulcahy  | 1.9%  | 234  | 243  | 243  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Richie Smith  | 0.4%  | 43  | 51  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 27,654  Valid: 11,947  Spoilt: 167  Quota: 1,328  Turnout: 12,114 (43.8%)

### Limerick City North

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Limerick City North- 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
| Sinn Féin | Maurice Quinlivan[*] | 24.5%  | 2,456 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Michael Hourigan[*] | 12.4%  | 1,249  | 1,278  | 1,281  | 1,294  | 1,301  | 1,341  | 1,348  | 1,426  | 1,628 |  |
| Labour | Frankie Daly | 10.1%  | 1,014  | 1,179  | 1,195  | 1,201  | 1,225  | 1,289  | 1,303  | 1,336  | 1,398  | 1,454 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Crowley | 10.1%  | 1,014  | 1,053  | 1,057  | 1,065  | 1,075  | 1,085  | 1,200  | 1,251  | 1,284  | 1,296  | 1,362
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Cian Prendeville | 9.6%  | 964  | 1,277  | 1,288  | 1,312  | 1,350  | 1,368  | 1,393  | 1,423  | 1,448 |  |
| Independent | John Gilligan[*] | 8.3%  | 831  | 1,036  | 1,045  | 1,060  | 1,100  | 1,116  | 1,156  | 1,207  | 1,265  | 1,288  | 1,446
| Independent | Gerry McLoughlin[*] | 4.99%  | 501  | 569  | 584  | 600  | 623  | 644  | 664  | 703  | 740  | 753  | 880
| Fine Gael | Denis McCarthy[*] | 4.3%  | 430  | 440  | 445  | 446  | 457  | 488  | 512  | 525  |  |  |
| Labour | Tom Shortt[*] | 4.2%  | 426  | 456  | 456  | 462  | 472  | 489  | 504  | 535  | 578  | 618  |
| Independent | Desmond Hayes  | 3.3%  | 334  | 349  | 354  | 368  | 383  | 391  | 397  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Christy McInerney  | 2.7%  | 268  | 289  | 289  | 289  | 293  | 297  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Tina O'Gorman  | 1.9%  | 195  | 233  | 242  | 243  | 258  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Frank Ryan  | 1.7%  | 169  | 213  | 214  | 235  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Denis Riordan  | 1.2%  | 125  | 139  | 139  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Patrick McCarthy  | 0.7%  | 65  | 93  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 20,980  Valid: 10,041  Spoilt: 150  Quota: 1,435  Turnout: 10,191 (48.6%)

### Limerick City West

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Limerick City West: 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
| Fianna Fáil | James Collins[*] | 14.9%  | 1,445 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Maria Byrne[*] | 14.1%  | 1,370 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Joe Leddin[*] | 14.1%  | 1,154  | 1,176  | 1,208  | 1,213 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Malachy McCreesh | 9.8%  | 952  | 960  | 963  | 963  | 968  | 982  | 992  | 1,029  | 1,043  | 1,073  | 1,097  | 1,149  | 1,191
| Fine Gael | Daniel Butler[*] | 7.4%  | 721  | 748  | 790  | 809  | 824  | 827  | 841  | 860  | 974  | 1,036  | 1,179  | 1,247 |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | John Loftus | 6.6%  | 642  | 650  | 654  | 656  | 670  | 698  | 722  | 761  | 770  | 800  | 821  | 938  | 991
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Lynch | 5.4%  | 519  | 576  | 581  | 583  | 586  | 599  | 605  | 614  | 630  | 653  | 669  | 701  | 919
| Fine Gael | Fergus Kilcoyne  | 5.3%  | 516  | 526  | 541  | 548  | 550  | 569  | 575  | 579  | 628  | 654  | 692  | 713  | 771
| Fianna Fáil | Geraldine Leddin  | 4.1%  | 394  | 458  | 469  | 473  | 481  | 483  | 492  | 500  | 515  | 554  | 592  | 619  |
| Labour | Tomás Hannon[*] | 3.8%  | 369  | 382  | 388  | 390  | 394  | 394  | 408  | 416  | 440  | 461  |  |  |
| Independent | Richie Ryan  | 3.3%  | 319  | 325  | 328  | 338  | 351  | 371  | 393  | 469  | 477  | 502  | 541  |  |
| Fine Gael | Jim Long[*] | 3.1%  | 300  | 303  | 315  | 320  | 325  | 330  | 332  | 341  | 364  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Felim Cronin  | 2.8%  | 275  | 279  | 290  | 295  | 297  | 299  | 300  | 302  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Cathal McCarthy  | 2.02%  | 196  | 198  | 199  | 200  | 211  | 236  | 265  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Sunny Martins Duruagwu  | 1.9%  | 183  | 186  | 188  | 190  | 205  | 215  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Jason Griffin  | 1.5%  | 144  | 145  | 146  | 161  | 161  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Gerry Casey  | 1.3%  | 124  | 127  | 131  | 131  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Frank Mulqueen  | 0.7%  | 63  | 66  | 73  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 20,242  Valid: 9,686  Spoilt: 98  Quota: 1,211  Turnout: 9,784 (48.3%)

### Newcastle West

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Newcastle West: 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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| Fine Gael | Jerome Scanlan[*] | 18.3%  | 2,396 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Liam Galvin[*] | 13.7%  | 1,795  | 1,860  | 1,888 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael J. Collins[*] | 12.9%  | 1,682  | 1,772  | 1,905 |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Séamus Browne | 9.7%  | 1,271  | 1,296  | 1,390  | 1,394  | 1,467  | 1,674  | 1,814
| Fianna Fáil | Francis Foley[*] | 8.5%  | 1,112  | 1,144  | 1,188  | 1,201  | 1,279  | 1,400  | 1,772
| Fine Gael | John Sheahan[*] | 7.9%  | 1,027  | 1,077  | 1,096  | 1,097  | 1,192  | 1,263  | 1,556
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Ahern  | 7.2%  | 941  | 947  | 987  | 997  | 1,090  | 1,148  |
| Fine Gael | Damien Riedy[*] | 6.9%  | 907  | 1,057  | 1,094  | 1,098  | 1,277  | 1,366  | 1,429
| Labour | Stephen Goulding  | 5.3%  | 696  | 729  | 756  | 759  |  |  |
| Independent | Christy Kelly  | 4.99%  | 652  | 677  | 793  | 795  | 884  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Leahy  | 2.7%  | 348  | 391  |  |  |  |  |
| Anti-Austerity Alliance | Joe Harrington  | 1.5%  | 198  | 205  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Seán O'Mahony  | 0.3%  | 45  | 47  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 21,891  Valid: 13,070  Spoilt: 143  Quota: 1,868  Turnout: 13,213 (60.4%)

## Changes

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### Co-options

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Party  | Outgoing  | LEA  | Reason  | Date  | Co-optee

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|  Fianna Fáil | Shane Clifford  | Limerick City East  | Personal reasons.[4] | 31 December 2015  | Joe Pond[5]
|  Fianna Fáil | Joe Crowley  | Limerick City North  | Death.[6] | 15 February 2016  | Vivienne Crowley[7]
|  Fine Gael | Tom Neville | Adare–Rathkeale  | Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election.  | 14 March 2016  | Adam Teskey[8]
|  Sinn Féin | Maurice Quinlivan | Limerick City North  | Elected to the 32nd Dáil at the 2016 general election.  | 23 March 2016  | Joe Costelloe[9]
|  Fine Gael | Maria Byrne | Limerick City West  | Elected to 25th Seanad at the 2016 Seanad election.  | 22 October 2016  | Elenora Hogan[10]
|  Anti-Austerity Alliance | Cian Prendeville  | Limerick City North  | Personal reasons.  | 27 October 2018  | Mary Cahillane[11]

### Changes in affiliation

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Name  | LEA  | Elected as  | New affiliation  | Date

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John Loftus  | Limerick City West  |  |  Anti-Austerity Alliance |  |  Independent | 27 August 2015[12]
Richard O'Donoghue | Adare–Rathkeale  |  |  Fianna Fáil |  |  Independent | 14 December 2015[13]
Lisa-Marie Sheehy  | Cappamore-Kilmallock  |  |  Sinn Féin |  |  Independent | 5 September 2017[14]

## References

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1. ^ "Limerick City and County Council finalised". Limerick Leader. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
2. ^ "Limerick City and County Council results". Irish Independent. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014..
3. ^ "Limerick City and County Council dispute resolved". Irish Times. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014..
4. ^ O'Regen, Donal (24 December 2015). "Limerick councillor resigns for 'personal reasons'". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
5. ^ "Three new councillors have been co-opted on to Limerick City and County Council at a special meeting of the Council held this afternoon". Limerick.ie. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
6. ^ Hayes, Kathryn (15 February 2016). "Fianna Fail Cllr Joe Crowley dies while election canvassing". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
7. ^ "Three new councillors have been co-opted on to Limerick City and County Council at a special meeting of the Council held this afternoon". Limerick.ie. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
8. ^ "Three new councillors have been co-opted on to Limerick City and County Council at a special meeting of the Council held this afternoon". Limerick.ie. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
9. ^ Sheridan, Anne (23 March 2016). "New Sinn Fein councillor 'humbled' to take seat in Limerick city". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
10. ^ Rabbitts, Nick (22 October 2016). "Fine Gael's Elenora Hogan formally co-opted onto Limerick City and County Council". Limerick Live. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
11. ^ Rabbitts, Nick (27 October 2018). "Limerick Solidarity councillor Cian Prendiville to step down for 'personal reasons'". Limerick Live. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
12. ^ Ó'Cionnaith, Fiachra (28 August 2015). "John Loftus expelled from AAA over threatening comments". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
13. ^ Ward, Colm (14 December 2015). "Limerick councillor resigns from Fianna Fail". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
14. ^ Kelly, Fiach; Raleigh, David (5 September 2017). "Sinn Féin councillor resigns over alleged 'toxic' bullying". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 March 2025.

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