Nick Rabbitts

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Limerick's rainbow crossings set to get a fresh lick of paint

3 days ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

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Cost to clean up May Eve bonfires in Limerick revealed

4 days ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

CLEAN-UPS after this year’s May Eve bonfires look set to cost Limerick City and County Council €33,000. Liam Browne, a senior executive engineer at the local authority revealed the information in answer to a question from Aontu councillor Sarah Beasley at this month’s metropolitan district meeting. He said the full cost had not been finalised, but it is expected to be around €33,000.
‘Limerick is on the brink of something - and it’s not good’

4 days ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

“LIMERICK is on the brink of something and it’s not good”, a local councillor has warned. Aontu member Sarah Beasley was speaking at this month’s metropolitan district meeting, where a wide-ranging discussion took place on crime in the city centre. “We know feuds are happening and it’s spreading across the city. We need more gardai. Limerick is in trouble and we all know it,” added the councillor.
Thousands of discarded bottles collected during Riverfest in Limerick

4 days ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

Charity gets boost thanks to deposit return scheme ALMOST 5,000 bottles and cans were collected during last month's Riverfest celebrations, with a charity getting a welcome boost in return.
Decision made on new hotel plan for Limerick city centre

4 days ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

MULTI-MILLION euro plans to expand the number of rooms at a new aparthotel at the former Debenhams site in the city centre have been approved. Galway developer Michael McDonagh has received the green light from Limerick City and County Council to build an aparthotel with up to 74 rooms, and add a new top floor to the building.
Green light for return of 'official' bus stop to Limerick

4 days ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

A BUS stop which was unexpectedly removed in Limerick is set to be reinstated. At this month’s metropolitan district meeting, City East councillors Sarah Kiely and Elena Secas brought a motion expressing concern about the fact the stop, and the signage that marked it, had been removed from Ballysimon Road, opposite Woodlawn Park. Cllr Secas said she had campaigned for the bus stop, which is useful for elderly residents living across the road from it.
Millions of euro worth of manufacturing gear on show at event in Limerick

6 days ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

INDUSTRIAL equipment valued at millions of euro was on display as Limerick played host to one of the country’s most high-profile technology showcases. The Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) campus in Coonagh was the venue, as across two days more than 1,000 people attended the Manufacturing Solutions event.
Former candy shop in Limerick all set for new lease of life

6 days ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

PLANNING permission is being sought to convert a landmark former retail unit in the city centre into a townhouse. Doran Financial Services are seeking the green light from council to convert the building at the corner of Roches Street and O’Connell Street into a new four-bedroom home. The building has had a variety of uses down the years. READ MORE: One of Limerick's cheapest homes withdrawn from saleIt was a shoe shop, and then an old world sweet shop was opened on the site.
Tributes to popular Limerick undertaker 'who touched lives of everyone in the area'

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts |Paul Shaughnessy

POPULAR undertaker Siobhan Clancy has been remembered as someone who “gave everything” to her community of Kilbehenny. Warm tributes have been paid to the mum-of-three, who died peacefully at her home on the Limerick-Cork border. She was a funeral director at O'Sullivan's Funeral Home in Kilbehenny. The crowds at her removal were testament to her popularity in her home parish.
PICTURES: Are you impacted by the planned Limerick to Cork motorway?

1 week ago | limerickleader.ie | Nick Rabbitts

THIS week, we got the clearest indication yet as to the route the proposed Limerick to Cork motorway will take. In an update, the team behind the €1.2bn M20 project published detailed maps. These indicate for the first time the extent of lands which will need to be acquired.