namloc1980 wrote: » I saw this article and was wondering who is advocating for Cork as a place to invest? There seems to be a very active drive to make Limerick a serious contender for investment. Our politicians sitting on their hands as usual? I wonder if the Events Centre was planned for Limerick would we have the saga we've had to deal with here?Limerick and Mid-West fastest growing region for FDI outside capital
rebs23 wrote: » Limerick was coming from a very low base and there is significant pressure put on the IDA to place Limerick as a priority area. Having Noonan helps, a lot of PR coming from Limerick at the moment but most of it is just exaggerated. The fact is that Cork has the lowest unemployment rate in the country, the highest rate of IDA job growth in the country, of the top 20 IDA employers 13 of them have bases in Cork and Cork is an easier place to sell generally due to the vast difference in the softer factors such as cultural activities, lifestyle, clusters of foreign workers. You can't really compare the two there are 400,000 living within a 20 mile radius of Cork City Centre, about 100,000 in Limerick. Cork has significant clusters in Pharma, Bio Pharma, ICT, Marine, Energy, Financial services, IT Security, Med Tech, Engineering, etc. Limerick may have one or two employers in some of these areas but not clusters. Ask anyone in the recruitment industry it's very difficult to get people to move to Limerick as besides the lifestyle issues if you move there, there will be very little opportunity to move to another employer in the same industry as there simply isn't the choice.
please helpThank YOU wrote: » as a limerick person who loves cork my grandmother came from cork and I am being honest here Limerick has being a underdog for maybe a 100 years but this guy called chuck feeney give 200m generosity to university of Limerick why did he do that he said he loved the underdog and Limerick city and ul now is massive its like a city its self and its just less than 30 years old but all of the other cities took the eye of ball and that is where the underdog comes in with all the crime that was happening in Limerick city no one seeing this coming the underdog rise of Limerick City its on the up big time and that is being honest and the motorway from cork to limerick would be great for both cities and I love Munster rugby Cork and Limerick people are the much the same down to earth There is a lot of cork people living in Limerick city in recent years maybe this is over house prices are cheaper in limerick but cork is a Great city and we should work together like we did with Munster rugby .
zetalambda wrote: » Chuck Feeney donated a total of 2 billion to Irish causes including various amounts to all the significant universities with UL getting €180m. NUIG (€39.7m); UCC (€79.1m); DCU (€112.8m); Trinity College Dublin (€80.6m); UCD (€31.4m); NUI Maynooth (€29.3m); and Queen’s University Belfast (€116.8m)
BUNK1982 wrote: » A motorway between Cork and Limerick would be a massive boost for both cities - it's the only way to create a conurbation to offer a feasible alternative to Dublin.
goochy wrote: » I live in cork but I am not a local , think limerick has a buzz to it and people are not as stand offish as cork people are - great when they get to know you but not overly friendly until then. Took me about 2 years to get used to that. However as much as I love limerick , its physical environment is very poor. You could drive down a nice road and then around the corner its an eyesore . Every approach road - Ennis / Dublin / Dock Road is grim and creates terrible impression of place. the inner city of Cork can be shabby but at least the approach roads create decent impression
goochy wrote: » Aside from the empty shops around o Connell street I think limerick being a Georgian city is more attractive than cork its the outskirts of limerick that are a problem . If a tourist visited limerick and no where else in Ireland they would say ireland is a very poor place. I pass through Waterford city alot it has employment problems but it's easy on the eye . It looks like a relatively prosperous place even though it isn't.
marno21 wrote: » Limerick even closer to a giant traffic jam then. The M20 will hopefully be pushed on when the new Taoiseach takes over. The net benefit of connecting Limerick and Galway is miniscule compared to the benefits of the M20. The M28 needs to be pushed on too for connectivity to Ringaskiddy, both the port and the companies out there.
namloc1980 wrote: » Well you'd think the M20 would be a priority project then but it was left of the Capital Plan up to 2021 which was announced last year. It came up in the Dail this week and Shane Ross fobbed it off - basically saying they were looking into restarting the planning process for the M20 but that there was zero funding allocated. It'll be mid-2020s before we'll see any significant progress on the M20 project at the earliest.
goochy wrote: » Don't forget though as much as I like cork it is an insular city not very international , limerick actually feels like a bigger city and limerick make better use of their river setting
rebs23 wrote: » 55,000 people in Cork City and County speak a language other than English at home. More than 15 percent in the city are born outside of Ireland. Cork had a Jewish Lord Mayor whose descendants fled a pogrom in Limerick. 7000 people moved to Cork City between 2011 and 2016 a lot of them foreign workers for the tech sector in the city. Cork has always traded internationally due to the port. There's more English people living in Cork than any other Irish county. I could go on but there is no comparison whatsoever if you want to talk about an international feel, none. Limerick needs good pr at the moment but some of it is just delusional. Limerick is about 3 times smaller than Cork with very little diversity in comparison.
please helpThank YOU wrote: » limerick city population 95854 v cork city population 119230 so cork is bigger by 23376 people that why underdog limerick city but as I am limerick city I can 100 per cent see change in the air limerick about the Jewish mayor that was wrong it was the church who got the mob to run sum of the Jews out sum of the Jews not all there is still a lot of Jewish people in limerick city /clare who I know who I know to this day all of the Jewish are very welcome in limerick city today and have business here limerick we also have thousands of foreigners who love limerick that is like me saying the English where ran out of cork over 100 years ago that was history like what happen the in limerick 100 years ago is that also was history.limerick has a lot big players set in last few years Uber Nortern trust Analog devices cook Ireland dell Johnson a Johnson Rregeneron pharmaceutical have a look at that set up the would never have never came to limerick 30 years ago we had no university of Limerick this why underdog Limerick city is the one to watch.
rebs23 wrote: » Population of cork city and suburbs is 180000 according to census 2011 which excludes many outlying suburbs, pop of limerick city and suburbs is 92000. You have used the wrong comparison.
AugustusMinimus wrote: » Cork City Metro is about 250k. Dwarfs Limerick at only 92k.
please helpThank YOU wrote: » okay just google 2017 results you will this is not the case any more as I said Limerick City is the underdog other cities took the eye of the ball.
marno21 wrote: » Please expand on this point
