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Green Party to run physiotherapist in Limerick City West at local election

Nick Rabbitts, 3 Nov

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.

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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.