Independent Local Election candidates Des Hayes and Ruth Clarke celebrated with Limericks Deaf Community and the Hands in Harmony Deaf Choir after scooping the overall runners up prize in the Riverfest International BBQ on Limericks beautifully sunny boardwalk. The BBQ team of Ruth Clarke, Mary Kiely, Emily, Theodora and Des Hayes. “ What a great […]
Lost Photo drives ‘Team Iona’ in TLC5
North Circular road man Des Hayes and Ruth Clarke found a photo taken back in the 1970’s of the clean up of Iona Drive on the North Circular Road by the ‘Kids on the Street’. This sparked a journey of finding the people in the picture and getting them back on the drive on Good […]
Council Wins Public Sector Magazine Award
Public Sector Magazine has announced Limerick City and County Council as one of the principal winners in the publication’s award scheme.A Dog’s Purpose 2017 movie trailer The Local Authority’s Economic Development & Planning Department has been named outright winner of the Business Services Management Award category of the magazine’s annual ‘Excellence in Business’ Awards to […]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS FROM 17/04/15 TO 23/04/15
Application Type Codes referred to below: P – Planning Permission R – Retention Download full planning details here… NAME AREA TYPE Gearoid & Ann Marie Yelverton Lisnagry P John & Roisin Cleary Ballinacurra Road P Limerick City East Educate Together School Mungret R Les Byrne Rosbrien R Lorna Ryan Crecora P University of Limerick Plassey R Mike […]
Minister opens social housing development in Clonlara
Clare County Council’s newest social housing development at Glór na Srutha, Knockbrack Lower, Clonlara, has been officially opened by Minister Paudie Coffey, Minister for Housing, Planning & Co-ordination of Construction 2020. The scheme, comprising two-bed and three-bed units based on a single storey and two-storey grouping, has been developed to meet the social housing need […]
Athea retains Limerick In Bloom title
For the second year running, the West Limerick village of Athea has been named the overall winner of the Limerick In Bloom competition. 44 other community groups throughout County Limerick were honoured for their participation in the annual competition, now in its seventh year, at an awards ceremony held last night (Thursday, 23 October 2014) […]
First sod turned in €240,000 sports centre in Shanagolden
History was made in Shanagolden recently when Tom Madigan, nephew of the late Captain Tim, turned the first sod in a project to commemorate his uncle. This project is a two dimensional venture in the ten acre park, the building of a sports centre with changing rooms, toilets etc. and the development of a walkway […]
When Newcastle West hosted the Ten Knights of Desmond festival
Scottish knights, glamerous grannies and an overworked Garda band – for one week in the summer of ‘78, there wasn’t much going on in Newcastle West that failed to draw a smile. The Ten Knights of Desmond summer festival has since vanished into local lore, but 35 years ago it was a barmy, entertaining celebration […]
Parteen residents protest over Clare Co. Council roadworks
Residents along a narrow road in Parteen are demanding Clare County Council wake up and reduce the speed limit and lay speed ramps to mitigate against heavy goods traffic they say is disturbing their sleep. Eight of the 10 households on Kilquane Drive – a stretch of the School Road from Larkin’s Cross to Browne’s […]