Alan Jacques

Limerick

Multimedia Journalist at Limerick Post

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Over 20 applications for Historic Structures Fund

4 days ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

A TOTAL of 22 applications were received for the Historic Structures Fund in 2024. Social Democrats councillor Elisa O’Donovan asked for an overview of successful applicants including a breakdown of use for residential or community use at the Council’s Metropolitan District meeting for May. Seven projects, Cllr O’Donovan was told, were shortlisted to the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage for consideration.
Limerick town almost 50 years without sewerage system

5 days ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

INDEPENDENT Limerick TD Richard O’Donoghue hit out in the Dáil that Askeaton has been 49 years without a sewerage system. Raw sewage, Deputy O’Donoghue claimed, is flowing into the Shannon, “water from which the government wants to pipe up here to Dublin to service the city’s water needs”. “Raw sewage is going into the Shannon and the government wants to treat the water from the river and use it to service Dublin’s needs.
Call for no fault eviction ban

6 days ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

INDEPENDENT councillor Ursula Gavan has urged Limerick County Council (LCCC) to call on Government to reinstate the No Fault Eviction ban in light of the worsening of the housing emergency and increasing homelessness across the country. The ban was introduced briefly from October 2022 to March 2023, and whilst it was hoped to reduce homeless numbers, it was acknowledged even by former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to have failed.
Ardagh Chalice for Ryder Cup call

6 days ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

LIMERICK City and County Council (LCCC) have been urged to request that the Ardagh Chalice be loaned from the National Museum of Ireland to be put on display for the much-anticipated Ryder Cup in Adare. The Ardagh Chalice is one of the greatest treasures of the early Irish Church. It is part of a hoard of objects found in the 19th century by a young man digging for potatoes near Ardagh, County Limerick.
Fear Street goes to the Prom

6 days ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

THE fourth instalment in the blood-splattered slasher franchise Fear Street, based on the RL Stine novels, sees prom season in full flight at Shadyside High. The original Netflix trilogy, saw the first three films shift between the 1660s to the 1970s and 1990s with playful aplomb, as writer-director Leigh Janiak drew us into a horror universe where teenage angst came face to face with supernatural fantasy and queer romance.
Water water everywhere but none for the Shannon Salmon

1 week ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

THE Atlantic Salmon is synonymous with the River Shannon but Green Party councillor Seán Hartigan now fears that the proposed Water Supply Project could be the final nail in the critically endangered species’ coffin towards extinction. Uisce Éireann are currently in the final stages of preparing a planning application for abstraction of water from the lower River Shannon at Parteen Basin in County Tipperary, downstream of Lough Derg and just upstream of Limerick.
Teskey has words for communications spend

1 week ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

FINE Gael councillor Adam Teskey had Limerick City and County Council’s Communications Department again in his sights this week after first raising questions about duplication of work back in February. Earlier this year, Cllr Teskey asked at an Adare-Rathkeale area meeting, the rationale behind the Council having a communications officer in Active Travel, when it has a communications department consisting of experienced staff. “I can’t get over this. It’s a duplication of work.
Limerick councillor hits out at lack of Riverfest coverage by national broadcaster

1 week ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

RTÉ would want to move out of Dublin and realise what’s going on in Limerick. That’s according to Cathaoirleach of Limerick’s Metropolitan District, Cllr Kieran O’Hanlon, at the May monthly meeting of Limerick City and County Council. Cllr O’Hanlon expressed disappointment at, what he considered, a lack of coverage for Riverfest over the May Bank Holiday Weekend from the national broadcaster.
Calls to block access from Limerick Greenway due to anti-social behaviour "alarmist"

1 week ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

A COUNCIL call to block access from the Castletroy Urban Greenway to alleviate anti-social behaviour at apartment blocks in Newtown Meadows has been deemed “alarmist”. Fianna Fáil councillor Joe Pond called on the local authority to engage with Cluid Housing to examine what measures can be taken to protect residents who, he claims, are having huge issues in the two Castletroy apartment buildings.
Two autism special needs classes in one Limerick classroom 'unacceptable', says TD

1 week ago | limerickpost.ie | Alan Jacques

SPEAKING in the Dáil, Fianna Fáil TD Willie O’Dea deemed it “totally unacceptable” that St Munchin’s College in Corbally is accommodating two autism special needs classes at present in one classroom. “It has made an application to the Department of Education for refurbishment funding, which would solve the problem and would, in fact, enable it to accommodate more autistic students in the years ahead, for which there is a huge demand.