John Gilligan (Mayor of Limerick)
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John Gilligan is an Independent Councilor and former Mayor of Limerick
from 2008–09. He was the first independent (non-party) politician to be mayor of limerick since 1962 and was the 812th Mayor of Limerick.
He has been elected in successive elections for the Limerick No. 2 electoral area, firstly in 1991, he has also stood for election to Dáil Éireann
in the Limerick East constituency.
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...
from 2008–09. He was the first independent (non-party) politician to be mayor of limerick since 1962 and was the 812th Mayor of Limerick.
He has been elected in successive elections for the Limerick No. 2 electoral area, firstly in 1991, he has also stood for election to Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas , which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote...
in the Limerick East constituency.