Limerick city centre trading falling behind suburban centres by unprecedented level

RETAILING in Limerick city centre has fallen behind shopping centres in its suburbs to an unprecedented level, a top urban planner warned yesterday.

Peter Coyne, former chief executive of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, said urgent action is called for to revitalise the city centre.

Otherwise it would continue to decline and militate against the wider development of the entire mid-west region.