Limerick’s annual St Patrick’s Festival takes place from 13th-17th March 2010. This year’s festival is set to be the biggest and best yet with the National Lottery Skyfest kicking off festivities on Saturday, March 13th.
The Limerick International Band Competition now in its 40th year will begin at 12noon on Sunday, March 14th and the colourful Limerick St Patrick’s Day Parade will also start at 12 noon on Wednesday, March 17th.
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The 2010 Limerick St Patrick’s Festival will celebrate everything that is great about the Treaty City with an I LOVE LIMERICK theme, it was announced today.
Festival organisers are hoping that a spectacle of colour and sound will fill the streets of Limerick with a parade that celebrates all that the Riverside City has to offer.
The theme of I Love Limerick can be interpreted in a number of ways, participants can decide to design a float/entry to show their pride in their home city, their school, business, sports club or community event so there is plenty of scope to be creative.
Children from senior infants in St Patrick’s Girls National School on the Dublin Road launched the theme of the parade today (Monday) with a giant green heart which they created and will enter as part of their festival entry for March 17th.
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A recent study by Limerick Chamber has found that parking in multi-storey car parks in Limerick City is much better value than both Cork and Galway.
Órlaith McMahon, Policy and Research Officer with Limerick Chamber stated, “Parking seems to always come up as the number one issue when we discuss the City Centre. For this reason the Chamber decided to conduct a survey to see how parking in Limerick compares with the other major urban centres in the country.”
“We found that the average cost for the first hour to park in a multi-storey car park in Limerick City is 34 per cent less than parking in Cork City and 23 per cent less than the cost of parking in Galway City.”
The findings are based on data complied on the 26th of January on a random sample of seven city centre car parks…
Limerick City Council is inviting members of the public to have their say in how Limerick city will grow and develop over the next six years by making submissions to the new Draft Development Plan 2010-2016.
The Draft Limerick City Development Plan sets out Limerick City Council’s policies for the development of the city to 2016 and beyond. It has been developed following a period of intensive consultation which took the form of public meetings and workshops, meetings with stakeholders and service providers, written submissions and seminars for elected representatives.
During the month of February, a road show will take place at venues across Limerick where local people can view the plan and make their own suggestions on the policies contained in it.
From February 9th-11th, the plan will be displayed in the Thomas Street Centre on the corner of Thomas Street/Catherine Street…
Limerick legend, Munster Rugby captain and Irish Grand Slam winner Paul O’Connell has been announced as the 2009 Limerick Person of the Year.
The announcement was made today, Thursday, January 21st, at a special awards lunch in the Clarion Hotel, Limerick.
The 30 year old former British and Irish Lions captain beat off stiff competition from other nominees which included activist Steve Collins, champion jockey Brian O’Connell, fundraiser Julie-Anne Dineen and Third World photographer Liam Burke.
Paul’s proud father, Mick O’Connell accepted the award from guest of honour President of Ireland, Mary McAleese as Paul was unable to attend the ceremony because of Munster training in Cork ahead of the Munster v Northampton Saints match tomorrow night in Thomond Park Stadium.
One of the best second rows in the world, Paul O’Connell is one of the first names on an Ireland teamsheet such is the…
Fascinating historical records of the Quakers in Limerick will be available from today (Tuesday) for public viewing on Limerick City Council’s website, www.limerickcity.ie
Limerick City Council and the Society of Friends have launched the transfer of a digital copy of the Limerick Quaker Archive to Limerick City Archives.
The records date from the early eighteenth century and are a wonderful record of the Quakers in Limerick. The original records are held in the Quaker Library in Dublin and the Society of Friends approached Limerick City archives proposing to extend access to their records by microfilming the records and placing a digital copy of the microfilm online.
The project was funded by Limerick City Council and city archivist Jacqui Hayes said these records are of great interest to the Limerick area as the Quakers played a significant role in Limerick’s business and mercantile history in…
