Nick Rabbitts

Limerick

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Builders move on site at former Debenhams building in Limerick

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

BUILDERS have moved onto the site of the former Debenhams building in the city centre to start getting it ready for use as an apart-hotel, and two new shops. Galway developer Michael McDonagh confirmed the news, as he prepares to seek permission from council to make some changes to the plans he has for the landmark unit at O’Connell Street. Debenhams closed five years ago this month as the Covid-19 pandemic struck globally.
New primary care centre planned for Limerick

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

THE HSE is planning to build a new multi-storey health centre in the city. Permission is being sought from Limerick City and County Council to build a new primary care centre on the grounds of St Joseph’s Hospital campus at Mulgrave Street. The four-storey unit would include a doctor’s surgery, a BreastCheck clinic, and community care services. On top of this, the needs of dental patients are planned for, as well as help for people who need to manage chronic diseases.
JP McManus donation helps tenants' support charity open Limerick office

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

A €350,000 donation from the JP McManus Benevolent Fund has helped a housing and homelessness charity open a new centre in Limerick. Threshold has unveiled its new regional office at Steamboat Quay at the city centre’s riverside. It will serve as a central hub for its service team across the Mid-West providing support to tenants to give access to their rights.
'Bat survey' needed to progress 1,400-bed Limerick student housing plan

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

PLANNERS have ordered developers to conduct a bat survey if they want to progress plans to build a complex providing 1,400 student beds. As revealed by Limerick Live, Groody Developments are seeking the go-ahead for a purpose-built student accommodation scheme on land fronting Groody Road and Dublin Road in Castletroy. Towering up between five and eight storeys, it would bring a total of 1,400 bed spaces, plus a library, a student union, a laundry room and two canteens.
Limerick's Citizens' Parliament calls for media literacy course

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

STUDENTS should complete a media literacy course as part of the curriculum to persuade them to question everything they read, hear and see. That’s one of the recommendations of the Citizens’ Parliament, which is meeting in Limerick and proposing ways to future-proof media and democracy here, in Ireland and across Europe. Members of the 20-strong group have been meeting on Saturdays through March and April.
Lack of safety measures at Limerick school along N21 is 'ludicrous’

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

A COUNCILLOR has raised what he’s described as a “ludicrous” situation where there are no lollipop men and women at a school along the busy N21. Fine Gael’s Liam Galvin said at Templeglantine National School, children face stepping out onto the road with no support. “A national primary route where there are children from the age of five years disembarking from buses, getting out of cars and going onto busy carriageways,” he said.
Limerick looks to Europe in the wake of Donald Trump's tariffs

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

AS AMERICAN president Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to do huge economic damage to Ireland, business and political leaders locally are looking to strengthen their Europe ties. Limerick and City and County Council welcomed a delegation from the Portuguese city of Oeiras, who were in the city as part of a trade mission.
Auditors cast doubt over viability of swimming pool in Limerick

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

AUDITORS for Askeaton Swimming Pool have expressed doubt over the facility’s ability to continue operating as a going concern. The pool has not been operational since mid-way through 2023, with vital upgrade works needing to be undertaken to ensure its safety. Now, in its own report, the council’s auditors have revealed that their counterparts at Askeaton Swimming Pool cast doubt on its future.
Opposition grows to proposed biomethane plant in Limerick

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

RESIDENTS have mobilised against new plans to build a biomethane plant in their community. As revealed by Limerick Live last year, CycleØ representatives were scoping out land across the county to build one of these plants. It has settled on land at Cappanihane, Bruree, and has applied to Limerick City and County Council for permission to develop.
Limerick doctor talks about scanning sports stars

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

IT IS hard to put into words the anxiety one can feel while waiting on the result of a scan. Whether you’re an athlete with a torn hamstring, or someone who has discovered a lump on their body, the wait for news can be unbearable. Now, Dr Kevin Cronin and his business partner Leigh Tweddle have set up a new clinic, which, they say, aims to provide fast, accurate results to ultrasound scans.