Lay-offs delay regeneration housing scheme

THE construction of the first houses under the Limerick Regeneration plan has been further delayed, as the chosen building firm has halted a number of projects and laid off 450 workers.

Hundreds of houses have been demolished in the regeneration areas, Southill, Ballinacurra Weston, Moyross and St Mary’s Park.

But there have been growing concerns in the estates that after more than two years not one single house had been built.