ANOTHER sitting Limerick councillor, and former mayor, has put his name forward for the hotly-contested race to become Mayor of Limerick.
Fine Gael councillor Daniel Butler has announced that he will seek his party’s nomination to officially enter the race to be voted Limerick’s first directly-elected mayor this June 7.
Speaking in advance of the Fine Gael’s selection convention at Limerick Racecourse tomorrow (Friday) evening, the former Limerick mayor said he is “very keen to be Fine Gael’s candidate for Limerick’s first directly-elected mayor”.
“It would be an honour to be selected by my party to contest this historical position,” he said.
Cllr Butler will be hoping to rally big support at the selection convention, with new Taoiseach Simon Harris expended to be in attendance as well as local Limerick Fine Gael ministers, TDs, and councillors.
“As mayor, I will work hard and fight for everyone in the city and the county – rural and urban, and everyone in between – a Limerick mayor for all,” Cllr Butler said.
“There is no place like Limerick. I have the energy, the experience, and the enthusiasm for this job, and I look forward to the opportunity to represent Fine Gael in this key election for Limerick.”
Supporting Cllr’s Butler’s bid, former Fine Gael leader, Finance Minister, and Limerick TD, Michael Noonan, said that “Daniel will make a fine mayor for all of Limerick”.
“He has worked tirelessly as a councillor since he was first elected in 2014 and made a fine Mayor of Limerick in 2021/22 as the entire region battled to come out of Covid and the challenges it presented.
“Limerick needs strong public representatives, and I can think of nobody better than Cllr Daniel Butler to serve as the very first directly-elected mayor of Limerick.”
