Exciting times lie ahead for trio leading Limerick renewal

As Limerick city centre stands on the cusp of massive transformation through major initiatives by the Limerick City/County Council and the University of Limerick, three businesswomen who steered commercial ventures for decades amid great challenges, are now looking forward to exciting times in the projected new capital of the Mid-West.

A city which will take on a complete new appearance with retail plazas and a University of Limerick campus.

Helen O’Donnell is chairman (she insists on being called chairman) of the Limerick City Business Association which has now joined forces with Limerick Chamber of Commerce; Jackie Costello is a leading publican and Eleanor Purcell runs one of the oldest tobacconists in the country, proudly carrying on the family tradition in ‘the nicotine delivery business’