Calls for fairness and equality in the level of support given to towns across Limerick

A WEST Limerick councillor has said communities along the county’s Kerry border are being left behind and must receive fairer treatment from state agencies if towns like Abbeyfeale are to reach their full potential.

Cllr Liam Galvin said that while recent progress includES the opening of a temporary town-centre car parK is welcome, it only highlights the wider lack of sustained investment in the west of the county.

He described Abbeyfeale as “the furthest town from the local authority” and said residents often feel forgotten when compared with communities closer to Limerick city. According to Cllr Galvin, towns and villages along the Kerry border are effectively caught in “no man’s land” between counties, despite being firmly part of Limerick.

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“We just want fairness and equality,” he said, adding that west Limerick deserves the same level of support from local authorities, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and other state bodies as other parts of the county.

Cllr Galvin also highlighted Abbeyfeale’s strategic role as a gateway town to Kerry, one of Ireland’s most popular tourist regions, saying this made traffic congestion and inadequate infrastructure even more frustrating.

He said long-standing delays to major projects, including the Abbeyfeale bypass, are holding the town back, with queues of traffic regularly impacting daily life and discouraging visitors.

“If west Limerick is given a fair chance, it will thrive,” he said. “All we’re asking for is to be treated equally.”