John Gilligan (mayor)

John Gilligan
Limerick City and County Councillor
In office
May 2014 – May 2019
ConstituencyLimerick City North
Limerick City Councillor
In office
June 1991 – May 2014
ConstituencyLimerick East
Personal details
BornLimerick, Ireland
Political partyIndependent

John Gilligan is a former independent politician and was Mayor of Limerick, Ireland, from 2008 to 2009. He was the first independent (non-party) politician to be mayor of limerick since 1962.[1]

He was elected in successive elections for the Limerick No. 2 electoral area and subsequently the Limerick East electoral area, from 1991. He has also stood for election to Dáil Éireann in the Limerick East constituency.[2]

Gilligan and Sinn Féin councillor Maurice Quinlivan were the only councillors on Limerick City Council to oppose the Household charge. Both men refused to pay the charge, and Gilligan spoke at a number of Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes protests.[3]

In mid-2018 he announced his decision not to not seek re-election in the 2019 Limerick City and County Council election.[4]

  1. ^ "Biography of John Gilligan University of Limerick, Board Member Biographies". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ "John Gilligan's electoral history". Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Low Turnout at protest over household and water taxes". Limerick Leader. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Two of Limerick's political 'big beasts' to retire at next summer's local elections". limerickleader.ie. Limerick Leader. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2021.