Boost for €200m 'Opera Site' development in Limerick

The commercial development will include a new public square

A long-awaited €200m development of part of Limerick city centre, described as the “Opera Site”, will begin in the autumn, and create 3,000 jobs which it’s hoped will “kick-start” the city’s “Covid-19 economic recovery”.

The site was acquired by Limerick City Council in 2011 after a previous plan to develop it failed during the mid-2000s economic crash, and was subsequently handed over to Limerick Twenty Thirty DAC – a development company set up and owned by the Council.