McAleese to launch €700m plan for Limerick

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese has accepted an invitation to launch Limerick’s €700 million regeneration plan later this month.

The draft plan, to be unveiled on January 21, will propose two new towns on the north and south side of the city to replace sprawling vandalised council estates in Moyross, Southill and Ballinacurra Weston.

Many of the 1,100 houses in Moyross, and 1,300 in Southill and Ballinacurra Weston, will be demolished to make way for the new towns which will embrace a balanced mix of social and private housing.