Part of shop front falls on city street

A CITY street in Limerick was near-empty when parts of a derelict building crashed to the ground yesterday.

But a former mayor said if the incident had happened in a few weeks’ time, when schools were re-opened, there could have been a major tragedy.

The incident occurred in Nicholas Street around 9am. Some locals warned the street is a potential ‘death row’ due to the bad condition of some unoccupied buildings.