Green Party to run physiotherapist in Limerick City West at local election
THE GREEN Party has picked its candidate to contest Limerick City West at next summer’s local election.
Peter Spencer, part of the Covid-19 HSE vaccination team at Patrickswell and Scoil Carmel in the city, will represent the Greens in the election set for next June.
A keen cyclist, sportsman and Munster fan, he is a physiotherapist with more than 15 years experience.
Married to Hospital woman Sinead, he spends his spare time in the People’s Park and Mungret playgrounds with daughters Saoirse and Aisling.
He was previously a senior orthopaedic physiotherapist in the Mater Hospital’s orthopaedic/spinal injuries unit and has led a number of healthcare improvement initiatives, winning a national healthcare award in 2019.
As a father to a daughter with additional needs, Mr Spencer says he has an “acute awareness of the pressures placed on parents, due to the shortage of therapies and childcare services”.
He adds he is “passionate about advocating for improved access to quality public healthcare for the most vulnerable in society and for greater resources in autism and children’s disability services”
“Housing, transport and health” are his priorities for City West if elected.
Mr Spencer is aiming to become the first Green Party councillor elected to the City West constituency, which stretches from O’Connell Street out to Patrickswell and Ballybrown.
The local election is due to take place on June 7, 2024.