Limerick Regeneration has 'failed' communities, says mayor

Mayor Daniel Butler says the programme has made progress in some regards, but that it 'needs a complete revamp' 

The demolition of Pineview Gardens, Moyross which began under the Northside Regeneration programme in Limerick. Picture: Sean Curtin Press 22

Limerick Regeneration, launched to much fanfare 13 years ago, has “failed” the communities it was tasked to help, Limerick’s Mayor Daniel Butler has said.

The project aimed to transform severely impoverished local authority housing estates, destroyed by unemployment and a drug gang feud that resulted in 20 killings.