Limerick bar’s trade is going South as recession hits

DAVID HICKEY, the owner of popular South’s pub in the heart of Limerick city, will celebrate 50 years in the licensed trade this summer.

However, the Clare-born publican claims 2009 will also stand out in his memory as the worst year for business – even grimmer than the recession of the 1980s.

Although a busy urban pub located near Limerick’s main thoroughfare, O’Connell Street, South’s has suffered like every other business in the economic downturn.