Diarmuid Scully is a member of Limerick City Council

Limerick City Council

Limerick City Council is the local authority which is responsible for the city of Limerick in Ireland. It is the responsible for local government, sanitation, motor vehicles tax, and social housing.-History:...

 and former Mayor of Limerick. He is a member of the Fine Gael

Fine Gael

Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...

 party.

Early life

Born in Limerick, Diarmuid Scully was educated at St Patrick's Boys national School in the city and later CBS Sexton Street. He graduated from the University of Limerick

University of Limerick

The University of Limerick is a university in Ireland near the city of Limerick on the island's west coast. It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989...

 with a degree in business Studies.

Professional career

After leaving university, Scully worked for five years as a technical support supervisor with Sykes Enterprises

Sykes Enterprises

Sykes Enterprises provides business process outsourcing services, such as technical support and customer service. Sykes has over 51,000 employees at 80+ locations in 25 countries operating in 30 languages.-History:...

 at their offices in Shannon

Shannon, County Clare

Shannon or Shannon Town , named after the river near which it stands, is a town located in County Clare. It was given town status on 1 January 1982. The town is located just off the N19 road, a spur of the N18/M18 road between Limerick city and Ennis....

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Public Office

In 1999, he was elected to Limerick City Council

Limerick City Council

Limerick City Council is the local authority which is responsible for the city of Limerick in Ireland. It is the responsible for local government, sanitation, motor vehicles tax, and social housing.-History:...

 in electoral Ward 3 of the city for the Fine Gael

Fine Gael

Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...

 party, and was re-elected in 2004. In 2005 he became Mayor of Limerick, the youngest person to do so since Thady Coughlan

Thady Coughlan

Thady Coughlan is a former Limerick City Councillor and former Mayor of Limerick. He is the son of former Mayor Stephen Coughlan. He is the youngest person to become Mayor of Limerick since the ousting of the "corrupt Corporation" in 1842....

 in 1975.

During his tennure as Mayor, Diarmuid opened up the Council to the young people of Limerick, overseeing the establishment of the Young City Council, and becoming the first Limerick Mayor to produce a regular podcast

Podcast

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. Limerick introduced Street Ambassadors during Diarmuid Scully[s time as Mayor.

Scully is still a member of the City Council, and resides in Lynwood Park in the City.