• Limerick Local Heroes @ The Strand (highlights)

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    Working together for jobs

    Do you have ideas that can make the city better? Do you want to create jobs for friends, family & fellow Limerick people? Do you want to have your voice heard? If the answer is Yes, please come to the Strand Hotel, Ennis Rd on Monday January 30th at 6pm and become part of the [...]

Local Heroes is an RTÉ-supported initiative focused on dealing with unemployment through local, citizen-lead initiatives.

The RTÉ TV series ‘Local Heroes – A Town Fights Back’ has shown Drogheda’s citizens coming together to jump-start their local economy and create jobs.

Their imaginative solutions to tackle unemployment, guided by experts, inspired us to create our own Limerick Local Heroes group.

Every community needs its Local Heroes!

Limerick Local Heroes

Return of Lunchtime Theatre to the Savoy Hotel in May

Lunchtime Theatre at The Savoy returns this month. The event will bring you a series of lunchtime theatre performances on the last Thursday and Friday of each month and is supported by Limerick Local Heroes and The Savoy Hotel. Our May production presented by “Mephisto Theatre” is “Grenades” by Tara McKevitt. Northern Ireland, 1979: Nuala [...]

Volunteers like Myles can go a long way

This week marks National Volunteer Week and this morning has proved to be a morning where the spirit of volunteerism was shining in Limerick city. During last week the Local Heroes hub had a visit from Myles O’Shaughnessy who had attended both the Strand and Thomond Park events. Myles was looking for some advice but [...]

Biodiversity Walk in Limerick City Centre

To celebrate biodiversity in Limerick City in the lead up to International Biodiversity Day (22 May 2012), Limerick City Council in association with the Limerick Tidy Towns Group and Westfields Wetland Committee have organized a biodiversity walk. The walk will take place on Saturday 19th May 2012 beginning at • 11.00 am in the Garden [...]