Limerick City and County Council welcomes the announcement that the Health Service Executive (HSE) is to acquire a 44-acre site in Raheen to support the expansion of hospital services for Limerick and the wider Mid-West region.
For the first time ever, audiences around the world will be able to watch two of Limerick’s biggest St. Patrick’s Festival events live as both the Limerick City St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the International Band Championship Parade will be broadcast online.
The April meeting of the Metropolitan District of Limerick will take place at the Analog Devices (ADI) campus in Raheen Business Park, after councillors agreed to hold the meeting outside the Council Chamber.
Limerick City and County Council is offering free tree saplings and hosting events to mark National Tree Week 2026 from the 8th to the 15th of March. The theme for this year is “Growing a Greener Future Together”, inviting communities nationwide to come together to appreciate the beauty and critical importance of Ireland’s trees.
Limerick City and County Council is pleased to confirm that the new Dual Carriageway from the Cratloe Road Roundabout to the Knockalisheen Road Roundabout - including the newly constructed Moyross Link Road - will open to traffic on Monday, 9 March, operating under traffic management arrangements.
Limerick City and County Council is congratulating Helen O’Donnell after she was named Community Volunteer of the Year at the All Ireland Community & Council Awards 2026, held on Saturday, 28 February at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre.
Walking, wheeling and cycling take up to 33,000 cars off Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area roads every day, according to latest Walking and Cycling Index.
Limerick is ready to raise the tempo with the announcement of the full line‑up for the 54th International Band Championship, set to steal a march on other parades when it takes to the streets at midday on Sunday, 15 March as a highlight of Limerick St. Patrick’s Festival 2026.
Just Two Frog Sightings Recorded in Limerick in 2025
Limerick City and County Council is encouraging the people of Limerick to take part in a national citizen science campaign to help track one of Ireland’s most familiar but increasingly vulnerable wild animals, the common frog. The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) has been running Ireland’s longest running frog survey, the “Hop To It” initiative, since 1997.
Limerick City and County Council has installed Tidewoven, a new public artwork by Catherine McDonald and David Ian Bickley at The People’s Park in Limerick city. Combining sculpture, sound and living materials, the piece offers a calm, reflective space in the heart of the city.
Limerick schools have been taking an avid interest in the concept of sustainability, which has been showcased during an event hosted by Limerick City and County Council to mark the end of the month of ‘Fairbruary’.
Limerick Greenway has become the first Greenway in Ireland to use Virtual Reality (VR) technology to deliver a full end-to-end immersive digital tour of its entire route.
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