Search is on for Limerick's precious metals

Precious minerals could be buried in townlands across Co Limerick, with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in the process of granting a prospecting licence to a Dublin-based company to search the land for gold, silver, base metals and barytes.

A public notice issued by Minister Denis Naughten says the department intends to grant the licence to Group Eleven Resources Ltd, which will allow the company to search the land for the valuable minerals.

If granted, the licence will cover an area of approximately 1050sq km consisting of 179 townlands in the Pallas Green region of Co Limerick.