Limerick’s future looking very sweet at Person of the Year ceremony

A former sweet factory is destined to add new vibrancy to Limerick city centre, it emerged yesterday.

The old Cleeves toffee-making site on Clancy Strand is earmarked for several possible uses, including an international conference centre.

Denis Brosnan, founding chief executive of the Kerry Group and chairman of the Limerick Economic Forum, said Kerry Group has sold the seven-acre site to Limerick City and County Council for a “knockdown price”.