Maurice Quinlivan
{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1967/1968)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix = TD
| image = Maurice Quinlivan, Dec 2024 (54197347601) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Quinlivan in 2024
| office = Chair of the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment
| term_start = 15 September 2020
| term_end = 8 November 2024
| predecessor = Mary Butler
| successor =
| office1 = Teachta Dála
| term_start1 = February 2016
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = Limerick City
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|52|2020|2|9|slash=y}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2020-maurice-quinlivan-sinn-fein-1.4167435|title=Election 2020: Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Féin)|work=Irish Times|last=Bowers|first=Shauna|publication-date=9 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608210159/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/election-2020-maurice-quinlivan-sinn-fein-1.4167435|archive-date=8 June 2023|access-date=8 June 2023}}
| birth_place = Limerick, Ireland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Sinn Féin
| spouse = {{marriage|Sue Quinlivan|2003}}
| children =
| relatives = Nessan Quinlivan (brother)
| alma_mater = Limerick Institute of Technology
| website = {{URL|mauricequinlivan.ie}}
|}}
File:Maurice Quinlivan TD office in Limerick City.jpg
Maurice Quinlivan (born 1967/1968) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency since the 2016 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment in September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Maurice-Quinlivan.D.2016-10-03/|title=Maurice Quinlivan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=12 July 2019}} He was chosen as Sinn Féin's nominee for Mayor of Limerick, at the 2024 election.{{cite news |last1=English|first1=Bernie|title=Sinn Féin announces Limerick mayoral candidate|url=https://www.limerickpost.ie/2024/04/03/sinn-fein-announces-limerick-mayoral-candidate/|access-date=3 April 2024 |work=Limerick Post |date=3 April 2024}}
He gained prominence for being libelled by Willie O'Dea, while O'Dea was Minister for Defence.
Personal life
He was born in Ballynanty and resides in nearby Stenson Park, Limerick, with his wife.{{cite web|url=http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/17554|title=News - An Phoblacht|work=anphoblacht.com}} His brother Nessan Quinlivan is a former Provisional IRA volunteer. He has 3 sisters.
Political career
=Early elections=
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=5371|title=Maurice Quinlivan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=12 July 2019}}
=2009 defamation case=
During the 2009 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.
{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0218/breaking33.html|title=Transcript of Willie O'Dea interview|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=18 February 2010|access-date=18 February 2010}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8523168.stm|title=Brothel remark Irish defence minister O'Dea resigns|date=18 February 2010|access-date=19 February 2010|publisher=BBC News}} 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. The case was subsequently settled out of court with O'Dea paying an undisclosed sum in damages and apologising for the remarks.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1221/odeaw.html|title=O'Dea apologises for defamatory statements|date=21 December 2009|access-date=19 February 2010|publisher=RTÉ News}} However, O'Dea was forced to resign as Minister for Defence, over accusations that he had committed perjury.
= Limerick City Councillor (2009–2016)=
Quinlivan was elected to Limerick City Council in 2009. On the council, Quinlivan has supported an extension of Limerick city's boundary, opposed the planned merger of Limerick City and County Councils{{cite web|url=http://www.limerickpost.ie/index.php/navigation-mainmenu-30/local-news/3197-councillor-nminister-must-opt-for-boundary-extension.html |title=Councillor - Minister must opt for boundary extension |date=31 May 2011|access-date=30 July 2012|publisher=Limerick Post}} and campaigned for greater resources to tackle Limerick's drug problem.{{cite web|url=http://www.limerickpost.ie/index.php/navigation-mainmenu-30/local-news/2540-heroin-epidemic-in-city-quinlivan.html |title= Heroin Epidemic in City - Quinlivan|date=30 November 2010|access-date=30 July 2012|publisher=Limerick Post}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/low-turnout-at-protest-over-household-and-water-taxes-1-3816500 |title= Low Turnout at protest over household and water taxes |date=8 May 2012 |access-date=30 July 2012|publisher=Limerick Leader}}{{cite web |url=http://www.live95fm.ie/news/news-item/councillor-maurice-quinlivan-wont-pay-household-charge/c868143b-866e-4913-949f-322928b240c1 |title=Councillor Maurice Quinlivan won't pay household charge |date=20 December 2011 |access-date=30 July 2012 |publisher=Limerick's Live95FM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707195841/http://www.live95fm.ie/news/news-item/councillor-maurice-quinlivan-wont-pay-household-charge/c868143b-866e-4913-949f-322928b240c1 |archive-date=7 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}
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 Fianna Fáil TD Peter Power, and was not elected.{{cite web |url=http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/19887 |title=Limerick City - Maurice QUINLIVAN | Sinn Féin |access-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221004152/http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/19887 |archive-date=21 February 2011}} He was re-elected at the 2014 local elections, topping the poll with 24.5% of the vote.
= TD for Limerick City (2016–present)=
Quinlivan was elected at the 2016 general election taking the second seat in the Limerick City constituency. He was re-elected at the 2020 general election, topping the poll ahead of his constituency rival, Willie O'Dea.
In September 2020, Quinlivan was appointed as the Chair of the Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
On 3 April 2024, Sinn Féin chose Quinlivan as their nominee for the 2024 Limerick mayoral election.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|mauricequinlivan.ie}}
- [https://www.sinnfein.ie/maurice-quinlivan Maurice Quinlivan's page on the Sinn Féin website]
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Category:Members of Limerick City Council
Category:Members of the 32nd Dáil
Category:Sinn Féin TDs (post-1923)
Category:Members of the 33rd Dáil
Category:Members of Limerick City and County Council
Category:Sinn Féin local councillors in the Republic of Ireland