Limerick: 'We don’t want to wait another 1,000 days' for directly elected mayor

Next February will mark 1,000 days since people in Limerick voted to establish the office of a directly elected mayor

The “We Want Our Vote” campaign points to the fact that on February 17, 2022, it will be 1,000 days since the vote took place. (Left to right) Mary Fitzgerald, Woodlands House Hotel in Adare; John Moran, Chair Liveable Limerick, Linda Ledger, St Munchin's Community Centre Moyross, Stephen Kinsella, Economist.

A campaign has launched calling for the vote for Limerick’s Directly Elected Mayor (DEM) to happen next year.

It comes after the decision to introduce a DEM was made by a plebiscite in May 2019, making Limerick the first city in Ireland to have a DEM.