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Today's announcement of the acquisition of over 40 acres of lands at Raheen, Limerick for new healthcare facilities is not just important for the health of our region.  It is another key decision which...

Democracy Requires Debate — What Happened on Tuesday Should Concern Us All Last Tuesday’s meeting (February 10th, 2026) of Limerick City and County Council to consider the adoption of the Corporate Plan should have...

Limerick is at a Budgetary Cross-Roads with Hard Decisions needed -  They say “Follow the Money”. With Budget 2026 agreed, I discuss the perilous budgetary positions of local authorities in Ireland - including Limerick.

My Plan for Thriving County Communities Let no one doubt it, as mayor I will be on a mission to revitalise my beloved rural Limerick. My deep understanding of the county, honed from childhood...

  Back in 2015, I proposed that Limerick should be the home of the European Museum of Gaming.  I was at the time the newly appointed Chair of the Hunt Museum. We were looking...

So it is official.  Ireland's local government system is down there with that in Hungary, the Russian Federation and Moldova.  The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLRAE) recently...

In an excellent recent post on Linked, "Ignore the Noise - What does Limerick really need from a Directly Elected Mayor?" Ingenium CEO James Ring started the ball rolling with the skills he expects...

I woke up yesterday to sadness and frustration to see reports in the Business Post article of my ex colleagues in the Department of Finance admiting that the Department of Housing got their targets wrong in...

Since I declared for DEM, people have been asking me lots of questions.  They wonder why I keep refering to Limerick's untapped potential and what I could mean by that.  What is it that...

To understand me and why I care passionately about the DEM reform you have to understand some of my history, why I love Limerick so much and why I want it to be much...