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    Limerick’s TomCat Street Festival is officially launched

    Calling all curious minds! Limerick’s newest arts festival has been officially launched by the Mayor of Limerick Cllr Gerry McLoughlin. The inaugaral TomCat Street Festival is the brainchild of businesses on Thomas St and Catherine St who have come together to creative a festival of curiousity. The launch took place on Wednesday night in the [...]

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    RANKS EXHIBITION WINS MAJOR AWARD FOR LIMERICK CITY COUNCIL AND THE HUNT MUSEUM

    Limerick City Council and the Hunt Museum have won a major award for the hugely popular exhibition on Ranks Flour Mills which was staged in the city last year. Both organisations have been jointly awarded ‘Best Publication/Interpretation Award 2012‘ by the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland at an awards ceremony held in the ESB Head [...]

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    Lunchtime Theatre at the Savoy – February

    For our February production Fregoli Theatre Presents: LET ME BE by Maria Tivnan Laura and Molly are two sisters who according to those in the town ‘have had it hard’. Two very different personalities, their deep bond and ability for imaginative play see them through harsh memories and a dark past. A tender and sincere [...]

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    Jobsfair and Careers Advice Day, Thomond Park – Call for Stallholders

    The 2nd Annual Jobsfair and Careers Advice Day organised by Limerick Local Heroes takes place on Friday March 13th at Thomond Park, Limerick. Closing date for booking is Friday 1st March 2013, close of business. The 2012 event proved to be a much needed and major event for local, national and international business as well [...]

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    Limerick City – Ireland’s Smarter Travel Demonstration City 2012 – 2016

    Attention all Limerick residents! Are you aware that last year Limerick was designated Ireland’s demonstration city for smarter travel? Over the next five years Limerick Smarter Travel will be piloting/implementing a radical strategy for how we move around our city. The team are based in the Granary at present and are working on a number [...]

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    Your Limerick/Cure Limerick at the Hunt Museum

    8 Architecture Students from the School of Architecture in the University of Limerick have based themselves this week at the Hunt Museum. 8 students.16 Hands.1 Voice. Setting up base in the Hunt Museum in Limerick City, a team of 8 architectural students are taking back your city.Their brief is to look at how to revitalise [...]

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    Mount St. Alphonsus Limerick – celebrating 150 years

    The recently restored Redemptorist Church at Mount St. Alphonsus, Limerick is, arguably, in terms of its interior, the most beautiful building in Limerick. Dedicated on the 7th December, 1862 it is now 150 years old. If only for the beauty of its interior it is considered to be one of the treasures of Limerick. People [...]

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    Let’s make Limerick a centre for smart travel in 2013

    Our friends in Limerick Smarter Travel have been in touch – fantastic opportunity to get healthy in the New Year whilst also feeding back with experiences of smart travel in Limerick. Let’s make Limerick a leader in the field of smart travel in 2013. Join Limerick Smarter Travel in ringing in the new year with [...]

Limerick Local Heroes is about facilitating tangible change by standing up & taking pride in our city.

Focused on Limerick's future through local, citizen-led initiatives, Limerick Local Heroes aims to motivate the citizens of Limerick to get involved in affecting positive change in the city and by taking ownership and responsibility for its future.

We need your help. If you have a love for Limerick and feel you can make a change in any way then we want to hear from you. You can call into our hub in Arthur's Quay or simply email nigel@limericklocalheroes.com

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Limerick’s TomCat Street Festival is officially launched

Calling all curious minds! Limerick’s newest arts festival has been officially launched by the Mayor of Limerick Cllr Gerry McLoughlin. The inaugaral TomCat Street Festival is the brainchild of businesses on Thomas St and Catherine St who have come together to creative a festival of curiousity. The launch took place on Wednesday night in the [...]

Limerick Smarter Travel – 20 Weeks of Change

Calling all Smarter Travel Champions! Limerick Smarter Travel has announced the launch of the “20 weeks of Change 2013” campaign. When we stop and think about how we travel around Limerick, there is always room for a change for the better: “…my wife and I will car share to work twice a week and I [...]

Limerick City Older Person’s Forum to be launched

Limerick City Older Person’s Forum will be launched next Tuesday in Limerick City & County Hall. This new structured forum is to allow 55’s (and over!) to come together to speak out on issues that impact on later life and to bring these concerns to the appropriate public representative, body or agency. The launch is attended [...]