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Limerick City and County Council is to introduce a new single rent scheme for tenants of the council, whether they live in the city or county, from next month. This includes all tenants in council-owned homes and those in receipt of Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and Leased Accommodation support and Housing Assistance Payment (HAP).

Limerick City and County Council is calling for creative and innovative solutions to rejuvenate its Georgian Neighbourhood. Limerick’s Georgian Neighbourhood is being used as a test bed to develop smart city applications such as prototyping to revitalise the district. This will be achieved in close cooperation with the various stakeholders: citizens, companies, local authority and researchers.

The theme of this year’s Limerick St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been announced as Our Future is Green. Limerick’s businesses, community, sporting, and voluntary groups are being asked to showcase their green credentials as part of this year’s Limerick St. Patrick’s Festival.

Work is to begin shortly on a new Regional Athletics Hub for Newcastle West in County Limerick following a grant totalling just over €1.25 million under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund. €1,256,276 has been awarded for the new regional athletics hub at Cloonyschrehane, Newcastle West, which includes the construction of an athletics track to international IAAF standard, floodlights and all associated track facilities with disability access.

One of the most treasured pieces in Limerick City Gallery of Art’s Permanent Collection is heading to London, to be included in a major exhibition about mushrooms at Somerset House. The Mushroom Book is being loaned to the exhibition titled, Mushrooms: The Art, Design and Future of Fungi to be held at Somerset House, London from 31st January until 26th April 2020.

The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Michael Sheahan, has welcomed the establishment of Limerick United and, in particular, its focus on developing an academy first.

The Land Development Agency (LDA), Limerick City and County Council (LCCC), the HSE and CIÉ have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the creation and implementation of a master-plan for a brownfield mixed-use site in excess of 50 hectares at the Colbert Station area of Limerick City.

The Limerick Public Participation Network now has 100 members and is calling on community and voluntary groups and organisations to help citizens take an active role in policy development committees of Limerick City and County Council. The Public Participation Network allows community groups around the country to connect with their local authority to give citizens a greater say in local government decision making. The PPN is managed by a committee of volunteers, called the Secretariat, on behalf of all its members.

The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick has thanked those involved in keeping Limerick clean following the release of the latest IBAL Litter Survey. It shows that Limerick City Centre has regained its ‘Clean to European Norms’ status, while Limerick City South - Galvone has improved its standing immensely.

A new campaign urging people to only use licensed operators to remove their rubbish has premiered in cinemas across Limerick. 'Man with a Van’ is a new animation short which reminds us all to only use an operator with a waste collection permit when disposing of waste. The permit number must be shown clearly on the side of their vehicle.

Limerick City and County Council is urging everyone to be more conscious about their waste over the Christmas period and to recycle, reuse or repurpose as much as they can. Householders are being encouraged to avail of the services provided by the local authority in the coming weeks in an effort to reduce to amount of waste going to landfill.

Limerick City and County Council is celebrating after receiving awards for three separate projects - Kilmallock West Wall Project, Nicholas Street Regeneration Project and Watch House Cross Community Library.