Questions raised over €300k regeneration spend on Limerick Opera Site

The landmark commercial development is not in or near the four areas which were the focus of the regeneration plan

The site of the proposed Opera Centre, a €200m programme which is part of the Limerick 2030 Plan.

Questions have been raised as to why over €300,000 earmarked for Limerick's regeneration programme has been spent on works on the city's Opera Site, a landmark commercial development.

The Limerick Regeneration Framework Implementation Plan (LRFIP), launched in 2008 and revised in 2013, had promised annual spending of €28m to transform a number of areas of Limerick which were impoverished and socially disadvantaged.