Maurice Quinlivan
| Maurice Quinlivan | |
|---|---|
| Limerick City and County Councillor | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Constituency | Limerick City North |
| Limerick City Councillor | |
| In office 5 June 2009 – 23 May 2014 |
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| Succeeded by | Council merged with Limerick County Council |
| Constituency | Limerick City North |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Spouse(s) | Sue Quinlivan |
| Occupation | Public Representative Former Travel Agent |
Maurice Quinlivan (born 1967) is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of Limerick City Council.[1] He gained prominence for being libelled by Willie O'Dea, which resulted in the Willie O'Dea affidavit controversy.
Personal life
He was born in Ballynanty in Limerick city and resides in nearby Stenson Park with his wife.[2] His brother Nessan Quinlivan, was a former Provisional IRA volunteer. He has 3 other siblings older sisters Siobhan and Eimear and Younger sibling Cliona
Political career
He previously ran unsuccessfully as a Sinn Féin candidate at the 2004 local elections for Limerick City Council and for Limerick East at the 2007 general election.[3] He was elected to Limerick City Council in 2009.
During the local election campaign Willie O'Dea gave an interview to the Limerick Leader. In response to criticism about the use of Department of Defence resources for constituency work, O'Dea attacked Quinlivan and claimed that Quinlivan was running a brothel.[4]
Quinlivan responded by launching a High Court defamation challenge against O'Dea. As part of his defence O'Dea swore under oath an affidavit that he had not made this remark.[5] He was forced to retract his denial after the release of a recording of the conversation in which the allegations were made by O'Dea.[5] The case was subsequently settled out of court with O'Dea paying an undisclosed sum in damages and apologising for the remarks.[6] However O'Dea was forced to resign as Minister for Defence over accusations that he had committed perjury.
On the council, Quinlivan has supported an extension of Limerick city's boundary, opposed the planned merger of Limerick City and County Councils[7] and campaigned for greater resources to tackle Limerick's drug problem.[8] He, along with Independent councillor and former Mayor of Limerick John Gilligan, are the only two councillors on Limerick City Council to oppose to the Household charge. Both men have refused to pay the charge.[9][10]
He was a candidate in the Limerick City constituency at the 2011 general election. He received 8.6% of the first preference votes, coming fifth in the four seat constituency ahead of incumbent FF TD Peter Power, but was not elected.[11] He was re-elected at the 2014 local elections, topping the poll with 24.5% of the vote.
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