Ask the locals
David O’Mahony
O’Mahony’s Bookshop
"We have an increasing number of customers coming from outside the greater Limerick area and find the experience exceptionally rewarding. They are surprised at how national perceptions distort what quality services, products and attractions are available in the City. We find the potential for growth greater here than elsewhere and once the Orbital route, the Southern Ring Road and Tunnel are completed, Limerick will finally come centrestage." Read more by David O'Mahony
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Hugh Murray
Architect
"What I love about Limerick is the beauty of its riverside in the heart of the city and its everchanging moods and movements ,from acrobatic canoeists defying the cascades of the waterfalls at low tide to single sculls gliding past serene swans drifting on the fullness of a flat silver calm , with the extraordinary background of generations of fine architecture and the uplifting vista of the Clare hills in the distance .Urbs antiqua fuit .Not to mention the rugby!" Read more by Hugh Murray
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Bill Doherty
MD Cook Ireland
"Cook Medical has been in Limerick since 1996 and our operations have grown substantially in that time. We have deepened our relationship with the University of Limerick and the general business environment has been positive. We have employees from 25 different nationalities and like the city; our operation has become truly multi-national with many different cultures blending together." Read more by Bill Doherty
Infrastructure
Shannon International Airport is within 25km of the city centre. It offers great connectivity with daily flights to the United States, United Kingdom and mainland Europe.
Transport 21 initiatives that are taking place throughout the city and county are making great progress; the most exciting of these being the South Ring Road which is a 10km stretch of dual-carriage way linking the north-side of the city linked to the south-side via a 675m tunnel under the river Shannon (http://www.limericktunnel.com/).
Other road initiatives that are ongoing include the N7 which links Limerick to Dublin; the N18 connection to Galway and the N20 to Cork.
Foynes port is Ireland’s 2nd largest commercial seaport facility (in tonnage terms). Over one third of Ireland’s trade is moved through the port, which is the only ISO approved port in Ireland. It handles over 1,000 vessels per annum which represent 1.8 million tonnes.
