Mayor John Moran

Widescreen · 09-06-2026 06:25PM

the time this actually went ahead there was gridlock ffs, even on Sunday afternoon. 😂

Vanquished · 10-06-2026 10:28AM

Emotive, sensationalist lies about "gridlock" and emergency services being impeded, as promoted by a few FF and FG Councillors during the initial summer activation event at the Crescent in August 2024 were of course entirely disengenous and self serving.

As a long time city centre resident, I spent a lot of time at the Crescent during that month. I often sat on a bench during my lunch break, we also strolled up there with the dog in the mornings and evenings etc and I can categorically say that no "gridlock" whatsoever occurred. Emergency vehicles were also able to get through if they needed to. The very reason that I and numerous other residents were able to enjoy the space was that for once it become something other than a noisy dirty traffic artery.

The people moaning about this and dishonestly claiming to be outraged by the entirely fabricated impact they claim it will have on emergency vehicles are in reality only annoyed by the fact that there is the slightest degree of deviation required by motorists.

They can't get their carbrained heads around the fact that they are being asked to make a turn onto Newenham Street or Barrington Street 200 metres earlier than they would've need to turn onto Lower Mallow Street anyway. In their eyes this is an attack on their freedom. As we know their "right" to drive through the city centre on any street they want trumps a city centre residents desire for a more peaceful, attractive, liveable, vibrant neighbourhood.

Completely unregulated vehicular access is perhaps the primary reason why the city centre is so unattractive and lacking in vibrancy at the moment. We are never going to attract badly needed new residents until we address the unnecessary through traffic and the primacy afforded to vehicles and motorists over residents and pedestrians. Until we realise that the city centre is doomed to further decline.

breezy1985 · 10-06-2026 10:51AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124539033#Comment_124539033

The real problem with O'Connell Ave. as a venue has nothing to do with traffic. It's too far up for the majority of people to know something is on. It's probably a bit different for you living in the city centre and also any of us active on threads like these but most people in my experience find out about things after the fact or never travel up far enough to see them so just believe all the negativity.

There is also the fact he seems determined to do this outside his house which gives people the feel that he is really just doing this for himself and his buddies.

Generally the choice of streets is very odd. Why for instance is Catherine/Thomas St. not being used for this sports event where it will get much more exposure than outside Glen or Moran's front door.

Cetyl Palmitate · 10-06-2026 10:55AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124539033#Comment_124539033

The whole plan is headlined "a huge shakeup for traffic" in the leader as if that is the main purpose!

https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/politics/huge-shake-up-for-traffic-in-limerick-city-centre-under-mayoral-plan-8666583

breezy1985 · 10-06-2026 11:06AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124539139#Comment_124539139

The "superblocks" are a good idea. I would again have a different layout, have it all weekend and all year round much like Oliver Plunkett street and adjoining in Cork.

And he is at least finally putting the black by the river like every other city beach does.

Of course the Leader purposely missing the point for the rage bait.

source · 10-06-2026 12:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124539118#Comment_124539118

Doesn't he live in Raheen? I know he owns 2 buildings on The Crescent, but he doesn't live in them, they're rented apartments.

source · 10-06-2026 12:43PM

Super Blocks were planned for limerick years ago along with an orbital route around the city, but was never implemented, go back far enough in the Limerick Improvement thread and you'll see it being discussed.

breezy1985 · 10-06-2026 01:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124539533#Comment_124539533

That was permanent I thought ?

I do remember a version of the O'Connell St. plan being bus only.

source · 10-06-2026 01:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124539605#Comment_124539605

IIt was supposed to be permanent and was supposed to facilitate either the full pedestrianisation of O'Connelk St, or to allow it to be a bus corridor, we got Sraid An Ceoil, linking Cathedral Place to Sexton St, none of the rest of the works were completed.

edit: Google street view tells me that was 2009, so almost 20 years ago.

LeoD · 10-06-2026 04:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124510885#Comment_124510885

There are a number of animated renderings in this - anyone know where they are coming from? Would like to see more of them to give me some hope for the future of Limerick.

chicorytip · 10-06-2026 09:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124539033#Comment_124539033

These "initiatives" do not have a broad enough appeal to, in particular, what might be called the plain people of Limerick and there is no originality of thought evident here either. Urban beaches is a borrowed idea from places like New York and Paris, both of which enjoy summer climes more conducive to sunbathing than we do.

breezy1985 · 10-06-2026 10:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124541057#Comment_124541057

Well the whole point of things like Paris Plage is for the people who can't make it to the seaside.

Limerick has been doing that since before the Parisiens with Poor Man's kilkee 😁

Some of the road closures are put to very good use and they are not all about Moran. Nicholas St. and Back Lane have some good stuff on including the sucessful Feile na Greine.

Widescreen · 11-06-2026 12:28PM

obviously , gridlock is not in the streets that are blocked off, but in the adjacent streets, ah sure if the people are happy with all this s***e so be it! Mayor is just looking for diversions from all the ‘important’ stuff he was really elected to do! 😆

Treepole · 11-06-2026 03:45PM

These plans make zero real difference to the people complaining. If you don't like it, don't go. Why not just try things, some will work, some won't, it's no big deal but at least it's something. It's grand having these great notions of what it would happen in an ideal world, but it's better something happen than nothing. It's not like he's replacing much loved, previous events. He's trying new things and if they flop it's on him.

Mayor John Moran

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