€12m housing project set to get go-ahead

THE Government is expected to give the go-ahead to a €12 million housing project in Moyross before Christmas, the head of the regeneration agency said.

Limerick Regeneration chief executive Brendan Kenny confirmed that work on 70 new houses is expected to start in late 2012 and create up to 140 jobs in construction.

Mr Kenny said the houses will be offered to residents who give up their homes for demolition in a “house-for-house” swap scheme.