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Limerick's People's Park all set for special screening of Forest Gump

The People’s Park will be transformed into a stunning outdoor cinema location this Saturday as it hosts a special screening of Forrest Gump as part of the Elemental Festival. The film tells the story of kind-hearted but slow-witted Gump, played by ...

08 Sept 2017 at 18:52

City View

People won over to Park by fabulous Limerick food truck festival

LIMERICK hosted the first International Food Truck Festival on the June Bank Holiday weekend in the People’s Park. As I stood in the park surrounded by an epicurean waft I met a man. We had a chat and in the course of the conversation he revealed ...

15 Jun 2017 at 10:58

Local News

All bark and no bite: Sculptures appear in Limerick's People's Park

THERE are three new permanent visitors in Limerick's People’s Park, thanks to the crafty work of a local artist. Hospital-based wood-sculptor, Will Fogarty, was tasked by the council with transforming a lime tree that fell down in the recent ...

16 Mar 2016 at 14:00

National News

Taoiseach unveils Phoenix Park monument to those affected by HIV and Aids

A monument to remember and celebrate the lives of all those affected by HIV and Aids has been unveiled in Phoenix Park in Dublin by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. The Embraced Loop monument was designed by artists Anaisa Franco and Michael R ...

03 Dec 2023 at 16:09

Local News

Lark in the Park Limerick memorial would be ‘fitting’ way to remember Dolores O’Riordan

BUSINESSWOMAN and councillor Elenora Hogan has added to the chorus calling for a memorial to the late Dolores O’Riordan in the heart of Limerick city centre. On the first anniversary of the tragic death of the Cranberries frontwoman, ...

18 Jan 2019 at 13:45

Local News

Consultation opens on proposal to make a Limerick city park a designated Quiet Area

LIMERICK City and County Council (LCCC) is inviting members of the public to have their say on a proposal to designate The People’s Park in Limerick City as a Quiet Area, under the Environmental Noise Regulations 2018 (as amended). ...

25 Aug 2025 at 16:00

Planning

Historian claims lease shows Limerick's People's Park 'should be kept public'

A LIMERICK historian believes the local authority has no right to lease the People’s Park to private companies – and has an ancient treaty to back him up. Members of the metropolitan district council have opposed plans to close ...

08 Feb 2018 at 06:02

What's On

Blooming wonderful – daffodils aplenty in Limerick city

IT APPEARS spring has well and truly sprung in parts of Limerick, with People’s Park in the city producing hundreds of vibrant yellow daffodils. “Oh there’s a great display,” said the park’s superintendent Michael Sheehan, “we ...

20 Feb 2020 at 10:00

Planning

Limerick’s People’s Park ‘should remain an oasis of peace’: Cllr John Gilligan

THE People’s Park in Limerick should remain “an oasis of peace”, rather than be home to a new war memorial, councillor John Gilligan has said. He was reacting to plans – revealed by the Limerick Leader – to construct a shrine ...

13 Sept 2018 at 06:02

Planning

WATCH: War memorial to honour Limerick’s fallen proposed for People’s Park

THE People’s Park could be home to a new war memorial, if proposals submitted to Limerick City and County Council get the green light. A submission bearing the name of Edmund Pery, the seventh Earl of Limerick, is seeking ...

05 Sept 2018 at 06:00

Planning

Limerick councillor wants increase in rangers at the People’s Park

INDPENDENT councillor John Loftus has called for an increase in the number of rangers to shut down the People’s Park in Limerick at night-time. Cllr Loftus, who lives in nearby Lord Edward Street, claims that once the ...

17 Jul 2018 at 06:03

Local News

Limerick historian on march against anti-pollution lobby for use of People's Park

A LOCAL historian has criticised Limerick Against Pollution (LAP), saying they should not have marched on the People’s Park. But Dr Tadhg Moloney, from Gouldavoher, has been accused of “small minded pettiness” by ...

18 May 2018 at 06:02

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