Proposed Limerick bridge ‘would encourage suicide’

A new pedestrian amenity across the Shannon River in Limerick is a “bridge too far” in a city where suicide is at an alarming level.

A former mayor has appealed to the local authority to backtrack on plans for an €18m footbridge, with government funding of €6m already approved.

John Gilligan warned that the amenity would only provide more opportunities for distressed people to take their own lives.