Limerick Enterprise Development Partnership was founded after the closure of the Krups factory in Limerick

LIMERICK Enterprise Development Partnership (LEDP) has received the Limerick Person of the Month Award for its contribution to Limerick since its founding 25 years ago.

Speaking to the Limerick Leader at the presentation in the Clayton Hotel, CEO of LEDP, Niall O’Callaghan said that the staff of LEDP were “absolutely thrilled” to receive the title, and thanked the sponsors of the “fantastic” award, the Limerick Leader, the Clayton Hotel, and media agency Southern.

“We’re absolutely humbled and honoured to be recipients of the Limerick Person of the (Month). It’s really a testament to the work that LEDP has done over the last 25 years,” he added.

He praised the contributions of “former employees, board members, those that are no longer with us, and of course, our founders who were instrumental in creating the LEDP project back in 1999”.

Mr O’Callaghan expanded on the work undertaken by LEDP since its founding, saying: “LEDP has been a key stimulator for regeneration in Limerick over the 25 years since the closure of the Krups Factory in 1998, and we’ve contributed to economic development, to enterprise creation, employment, training, upskilling, and of course, we have our own Impact Fund as well where we generously give out benevolent funds to community projects across Limerick’s most disadvantaged areas every year.”

“We’re absolutely thrilled and delighted to be recipients of this very great award here in Limerick this evening,” he concluded.

Limerick Enterprise Development Partnership will proceed to the Limerick Person of the Year ceremony early next year, where the coveted award will be presented to one of the twelve Person of the Month recipients.

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