Brian Leddin

Limerick City and County Councillors have shown unprecedented unity, voting unanimously to reject the multi-billion euro Shannon-to-Dublin water pipeline.

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Limerick Green councillor demands assessment of Dublin water pipeline alongside Shannon fish-passage plan GREEN Party councillor Seán Hartigan warns that proceeding with the Parteen Basin water abstraction, treatment plant, and pipeline...

The Midwest Region has been relegated to the third division with today's National Development Plan announcement. While Cork will be the beneficiary of an entire commuter rail system amounting to over a billion in investment, Clare and Limerick are getting nothing at all, despite a commuter rail system, and rail link to Shannon Airport, being much more deliverable here than in Cork. Where do our government TDs and Senators stand on this? And what about our opposition TDs and Senators? Did any of them lobby at all for this infrastructure that would drive economic growth in the region more than any other?

Revised National Development Plan delivers €1bn for Cork rail expansion and new stations More than €1bn will accelerate Cork’s commuter rail expansion as the updated NDP shifts transport spending towards a new 1:1 ratio

Hi everyone,
Our friends at An Taisce Limerick are hosting an event called "Tree Talk" presented by Cormac Downey, the President of The Tree council of Ireland and Dr. Dealga O'Callaghan an honorary life member of the international society of arboriculture.
A talk about how to increase our urban tree canopy and conservation of our existing city and urban trees.
The event takes place on Wednesday the 29th October at the LPYMA building 97 O'Connell street Limerick from 7.30 pm to 9 pm.
Tickets can be booked on the link below or on the door.
Students/unwaged €5 on the door.
Hope to see you there

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-taisce-limerick-lecture-series-tickets-1782191285109?aff=oddtdtcreator

An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland

It appears that the current government are putting the brakes on the development of the greenway network. I hope it's not true. This particular one, from Limerick City to the existing greenway at Rathkeale, would have been a major economic benefit to our city and county. When in government we did a lot of work to get these projects going. We need to see them finished out, not halted.

Proposed Greenway extension to Limerick city now in doubt The project was hoped to build on the success of the Greenway in recent years.

It beggars belief that some people want more cars and fewer homes in Limerick City.

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/planning/1895204/just-27-parking-spots-planned-for-285-home-development-in-limerick.html

It's great to see this happening at last. But progress needs to be faster and we need to see plans and a commitment for funding for new stations at all the locations highlighted in the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (Raheen, Ballysimon, Corbally, Parkway, etc) and the long awaited spur to Shannon Airport. It doesn't make sense to build just one new station. A whole metropolitan / commuter rail system is possible for this region by using existing railway lines.

Planning submitted for new railway station in Limerick city The new station would serve the 'growing population' in the area