Mayor of Limerick 'has interest in nine properties' across Ireland
First citizen publishes ethics return given to council
MAYOR John Moran has declared an ownership or interest in nine properties across Ireland.
The information is revealed as part of a declaration made by the first citizen, which he has decided to make publicly available “in the interests of transparency.”
All politicians must fill in a form like this, which is available publicly from the body which they serve, be it council or the Oireachtas.
Mayor Moran made his declaration available to everybody online, without the need for people to visit the council buildings to view it.
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And he has called on other local councillors to do likewise “so Limerick can lead in transparency.”
He listed nine homes in his declaration, spread across Limerick and Dublin.
Mayor Moran’s main residence is listed as being in Raheen.
But his principal residence, according to the declaration will soon change to an address in the city’s Georgian Quarter.
He has a home in Chapelizod, just outside Dublin city centre, used for when working in the capital.
Meanwhile, a number of other properties are being rented to tenants , with one set to be sold.
The directly elected mayor also disclosed that he also owns, and in some cases rents out, properties in France and New York, but did not detail these further.
Elsewhere, he revealed he is the sole shareholder of a consulting and investment firm RHH International.
This will continue to operate on a limited basis following his mayoral election.
The firm has consultation contracts with engineering firm Taklumi, Direct Route, which operates the Limerick Tunnel, and Grid Finance, which provides loans to business.
Mayor Moran’s declaration also showed RHH International also had consulting contracts with Nautilus, which is seeking to build a floating data centre in Limerick, and the Paris-based investment firm Meridiam. These deals, he said, were terminated in 2023 to “avoid any sense of potential conflicts.”
Mayor Moran also disclosed that he holds, or has held in the recent past, a number of directorships. Among these are an apartment owners management company in New York, a former restaurant in Cordes, in France, and a building materials company in Dublin.
He’s added he is in talks to end, or reduce the number of directorships he has in the months to come.