Plans to fast-track €3bn city regeneration

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea and Limerick’s mayor Cllr Kevin Kiely have discussed plans to fast track the city’s €3 billion regeneration blueprint in an effort to get people back to work.

A Government task force, set up in the wake of the Dell move to Poland, with the loss of 2,000 jobs, said the 10-year plan had the potential to create more than 7,000 jobs and inject €128 million into Limerick’s economy if the Government prioritised the project.

Mr O’Dea will meet with the Finance Minister Brian Lenihan and Environment Minister John Gormley today to discuss the plan.