Battle lines drawn on Limerick bridge proposal

While bridges have featured in famous war films The Bridge over the River Kwai and a Bridge Too Far, a former mayor of Limerick yesterday warned battle lines are being drawn up over a planned €15m “bridge to nowhere” on the Shannon.

Independent councillor John GIlligan said opposition was growing to a planned 100m pedestrian crossing designed to run from Arthur’s Quay Park linking Merchants Quay near the county courthouse.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan announced in October 2014 that the Government was allocating €6m to Fáilte Ireland to help fund the structure.