The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan welcomes the selection of Limerick City as a Smarter Travel Area following National Competition.

The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, welcomes today’s announcement by the Minister of State for Public and Commuter Transport Alan Kelly that Limerick City has been selected as a Smarter Travel Area following a National Competition for Smarter Travel Areas, new sustainable transport investment programme, with €9 million of funding to be made available to the Limerick project over the next 5 years.

Limerick City has been selected along with Dungarvan and Westport out of 39 applicants from local authorities across the country and will share in funding of €23 million over the next five years as part of a new sustainable transport investment programme.

The Limerick Smarter Travel proposal, a joint initiative between Limerick City Council and Limerick County…

A large group of Limerick people drawn from all walks of life have come together to launch Limerick Local Heroes, an initiative that aims to energise Limerick people to create new and sustainable jobs for the people of Limerick.

Local Heroes is a community driven programme aimed at giving a voice to all Limerick people in the future development of the city.

A Public Meeting will take place in the Strand Hotel at 6pm on Monday 30th January at which all the people of Limerick are invited to come along, give their opinions on how to improve Limerick economically & culturally and see how they can get involved in creating an environment in the city for jobs creation. The event will be facilitated by RTE broadcaster and producer Aonghus McAnally.

The University of Limerick is offering €2,000 entrance scholarships to 40 students to mark the occasion of its 40^th Anniversary this year.  The 40 scholarships will be offered to students who will begin their undergraduate studies in the Autumn Semester for the Academic Year 2012/13.

Speaking about the UL40 Scholarships Professor Paul McCutcheon, Vice President Academic & Registrar of the University of Limerick said “These scholarships celebrate 40 years of academic endeavour in UL.  UL has grown expansively into an internationally renowned university and produced talented and high calibre graduates.  The UL40 scholarships are an ideal way to recognise UL’s academic achievements over the past 40 years since it first began by helping 40 entrant students to begin their academic lives.”

The UL40 Scholarships will be awarded to incoming students based on their performance in the Leaving Certificate determined by…

More than twenty new illuminated cones have been installed on Limerick’s William Street providing a colourful addition to one of the city’s best known shopping streets.

The distinctive features are part of the completed William Street remodelling contract and are intended to provide a colourful addition contributing to the enhanced image of the street which has welcomed a number of new shops in recent weeks.

Constructed from high quality materials, the distinctive shape of the cones presents a contemporary feel that reinforces the pedestrian emphasis of the new streetscape.

“The design of the cones allows the graphics to be changed according to special events or times of the year, for example, for Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, Riverfest and other festivals,” explained Nicholas de Jong, lead consultant, William Street Re-modelling Programme. “The cones are complemented by banners attached to lampposts, which can also…

Limerick’s annual Christmas Remembrance Tree at the junction of Bedford Row and O Connell St was unveiled today, Thursday 8^th December, 2011 at 11am.

With the kind permission of Limerick City Council, Limerick Thomond Rotary Club is providing a wonderful opportunity for citizens and visitors to the city over this festive season to remember their loved ones who are no longer with us at this special time.

The public have the opportunity to be involved in this project by writing the name of the person they wish to be remembered on a ribbon which will be put on the Remembrance Tree.

The first Boxing High Performance Unit outside of Dublin is set to open in Limerick in early 2012.

Limerick Regeneration Agency is in advance talks with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association about establishing a 14,000 square foot High Performance Unit in the former Fulflex building in the Galvone Industrial Estate in Southill.

The facility would serve all young boxers in the Limerick and Munster area who currently have to travel to Dublin for high performance training.  Irish Amateur Boxing Association Director Dominic O’Rourke has already made several trips to Limerick to help progress the project.