Planning board gives go-ahead for new UL campus on former supermarket site

University of Limerick has been granted planning permission for the change of use of the former Dunnes Stores outlet on Sarsfield Street, Limerick, to become the centre for its new City Campus

The former Dunnes Stores outlet on Sarsfield Street, Limerick City. File picture: Brendan Gleeson

An Bord Pleanála has approved the conversion of a former supermarket in Limerick city centre for a new campus for the University of Limerick against the advice of its own planning inspector.

UL has secured planning permission for the change of use of the former Dunnes Stores outlet on Sarsfield Street, Limerick, to become the centre for its new City Campus.