LIMERICK is set to go to the polls in General Election 2024 on Friday November 29, it has been confirmed by Taoiseach Simon Harris this afternoon.
Mr Harris will travel to Áras an Uachtaráin today (Friday November 8) to ask President Michael D Higgins to formally dissolve the Dáil, allowing the general election campaign to officially get underway in earnest after months of speculation.
The election will bring to an end the current government coalition of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party, who have been in office for four and a half years.
Many Limerick candidates for the upcoming election have been announcing their intention to run in the general election over the last number of weeks, with 15 candidates so far declared for the Limerick City constituency, which has four available seats.
14 candidates have so far declared for the three-seater Limerick County constituency.
Limerick City: Esther Aherne (Independent Ireland), Cllr Sarah Beasley (Aontú), Senator Maria Byrne (Fine Gael), Cllr Frankie Daly (Independent), Ruairí Fahy (People Before Profit), Michelle Hayes (Independent), Deputy Brian Leddin (Green Party), Deputy Willie O’Dea (Fianna Fáil), Deputy Kieran O’Donnell (Fine Gael), Cllr Elisa O’Donovan (Social Democrats), Deputy Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Féin), Dean Quinn (The Irish People), Dee Ryan (Fianna Fáil), Cllr Conor Sheehan (Labour Party), Melanie Sheehan Cleary (Independent/Mid West Hospital Campaign).
Limerick County: Jim Barrett (Independent), Cllr Bridie Collins (Fianna Fáil), Joanne Collins (Sinn Féin), Deputy Niall Collins (Fianna Fáil), Richie Crehan (Independent), Laura Fahey (People Before Profit), Rob O’Donnell (Green Party), Deputy Richard O’Donoghue (Independent Ireland), Deputy Patrick O’Donovan (Fine Gael), Donna O’Loughlin (Irish Freedom Party), Lorraine O’Sullivan (Independent/National Alliance), Michael Ryan (Aontú), Cllr Noreen Stokes (Fine Gael), Gerben Uunk (Party For Animal Welfare).
