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The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick is urging micro and small business owners to look at applying for the ReStart Grant to help affray costs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The grant scheme amounts to direct grant aid of between a minimum of €2,000 to €10,000, based on commercial rates bill from 2019. 

Limerick City and County Council is seeking applications from artists for affordable apartments and studio space in the heart of Limerick City Centre.

Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Michael Collins has led a ceremony of remembrance in Merchant’s Quay as part of the National Day Commemoration.

A new Limerick Tourism Taskforce has been established to provide a co-ordinated response to the current challenges faced by the tourism industry as well as longer term planning for enhancing tourism development in Limerick. 

The call has gone out for submissions for this year's Michael Hartnett Poetry Award, which is presented each year as part of the Éigse Michael Hartnett Literary and Arts Festival in Newcastle West, Co Limerick.

Members of the public are being asked what they want from a directed elected Mayor for Limerick.

Five projects led by community leaders have been selected by Limerick City and County Council as part of a programme to re-imagine Limerick’s Georgian Laneways. As part of Limerick City and County Council’s EU project +CityxChange (Positive City Exchange) we are hoping to create a new community to drive innovation and fight climate change by working towards a positive energy city! 

Limerick writer Peter Delaney has been selected by Words Ireland to receive professional literary mentoring over the next eight months from an acclaimed Irish writer of their choice.

Limerick City and County Council has announced that fees for tables and chairs placed outside business premises throughout Limerick are to be waived for 2020.

The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick Cllr Michael Collins has thanked fellow Limerick-man Dr Tony Holohan for his work as Chief Medical Officer during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick Cllr Michael Collins has paid tribute to Shane Dowling, the Limerick hurler who has announced his retirement from inter-county hurling.

Panoramic Wheel returns as city awakens from Covid-19 lockdown.

Limerick City and County Council has announced that on-street parking in the city centre will be FREE on Saturdays throughout the months of July and August.