Limerick City – Candidates and issues

Healthcare and housing are at the top of voters’ concerns in Limerick City.

Here is everything you need to know about the area before heading to the polls on November 29th.

The constituency

Limerick city is at the heart of this constituency, but the boundaries also extend east to the border with Tipperary.

The constituency is slightly smaller compared to the last election after three electoral divisions moved to Tipperary North. The population is 119,039.

The issues

Healthcare is at the top of the election agenda. The emergency department in University Hospital Limerick has the worst overcrowding of any hospital in the State.

Housing is also a major local concern, with growing waiting lists for social homes and students at the city’s university struggling to find accommodation.

There were more than 5,000 qualified applicants on the city’s social housing waiting list last year.

Limerick City has some of the highest poverty rates in the country –…