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The People's Park in Limerick City is now home to a new Poetry Jukebox as part of Poetry as Commemoration, an initiative led by UCD Library with support from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023.

Billed as an academic cross between ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘Dragons’ Den’, the UL50 Citizens’ Assembly will bring together 100 community stakeholders and citizens from Limerick city and county on Thursday, May 25. They will select four projects from University of Limerick that they feel will best contribute to building a sustainable future for Limerick city and county. 

Learning Limerick hosted a ‘Shared Island’ learning city exchange programme from Monday 15th – Wednesday 17th May for the Irish Network of Learning Cities (INLC). The INLC includes Limerick, Dublin, Cork, Derry Strabane, and Belfast. The three-day programme included a welcome reception in Shannon Rowing Club, a conference and site visits to centres of learning in Limerick. 

The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Francis Foley and Chief Executive of Limerick City and County Council, Dr Pat Daly are welcoming the proposed expansion of Analog Devices International (ADI) in Raheen.

Limerick City and County Council’s Active Travel team is setting up a programme to monitor air quality across the metropolitan area.

Generations of Limerick people worked at the Limerick Clothing Factory on Lord Edward Street from the 1850s through to the 1970s.  The industrial history was preserved during the transformation of the site into a housing development by Limerick City and County Council but many of the key archives were thought to have been lost.  

A joint project between Limerick City and County Council and TUS Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD) has seen a new mural added to Limerick’s growing street art portfolio.  

Limerick City & County Council has today published notification of its intention to compulsorily acquire a further 23 derelict properties from across Limerick city and county using its powers under the Derelict Sites Act, 1990. 250th site served with Compulsory Purchase Notice by Limerick City and County Council. Council confirms €6.5m in sales of compulsorily acquired property

A four-week multimedia campaign to promote healthy exploration of Limerick’s scenic outdoors proved a hit with strong engagement from visitors and locals. 

The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick is congratulating JP McManus for delivering a world class tourist attraction in the heart of Limerick City. The €30 million International Rugby Experience is housed in a six storey high visually striking building on Limerick’s O’Connell Street.

The 19th Riverfest Limerick Festival drew massive crowds of people into Limerick City across the May bank holiday weekend. A rising tide truly lifts all boats with bars, restaurants and hotels all benefitting from the tens of thousands of extra people in the city across the four days.

The JP McManus Pro Am Organising Committee have been named Limerick Persons of the Year for 2022. This is the 22nd year of the awards that were set up to honour the achievements and success of local people at home and abroad.