Things the city needs, and does not have currently

Stab*City

panda100 wrote: »

Is there? Where are they?

No, we needs lots i mean!

panda100

Stab*City wrote:

No, we needs lots i mean!

Ah yes I agree!! I think along the river near the potato market would be ideal I think communal spaces where people can meet, be they sports courts or cultural spaces, would really help limerick people massively from both a physical, mental and social perspective!

Shapey Fiend

A barcade perhaps? With no cinema in the center can sometimes be hard to think of way to kill time that isn't shopping.

A hostel would be great but I'm guessing the issue is when you've only got one in the city it'd be hard to serve tourists exclusively and you're going to end up being an emergency accommodation type scenario that you're not really properly resourced to handle.

Mc Love

Bowling alley with a bar like they have in the US!

OfTheMarsWongs

There used to be council owned sports centres. One where Supervalu Corbally is now and one near St. Nessans. They were great amenities.

The one in Corbally even had a tennis court out the back. Someone drove a van into the Corbally one though and it caught fire. Not sure what happened the one near Nessans.

sioda

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

There used to be council owned sports centres. One where Supervalu Corbally is now and one near St. Nessans. They were great amenities.

The one in Corbally even had a tennis court out the back. Someone drove a van into the Corbally one though and it caught fire. Not sure what happened the one near Nessans.

Nessans one is part of LIT now

damowill

zulutango wrote: »

Segregrated cycle lanes everywhere.
Bus lanes on almost all bus routes but especially to/from Castletroy, Caherdavin and Raheen.
People friendly, as opposed to car friendly streets.
A Shannon River Interpretive Centre.
More paved walkways along the river bank (up to Corbally, Longpavement, down to Corcanree)
A rail link to Shannon Airport (especially in light of the planned population increase)
Improved rail services to Cork and Galway.
More residential accommodation in the city centre
More high standard office construction in the city centre
Demolition of some really poor quality modern buildings

Looking back on the Celtic Tiger era, I think Transport infrastructure was Ireland's biggest failure.

If cycling is made safe then people will cycle. In Spain, Seville transformed itself and proved that any city can get lots of people riding by building an ambitious network of connected, segregated bike lanes. Copenhagen is very bike friendly with bike lanes everywhere, and Amsterdam similar.

If buses run on time then people will use them. There really needs to be dedicated bus lanes from the major suburbs of Castletroy, Caherdavin and Raheen as suggested. If you had bus lanes, then buses will run on time.

Connect our City to other cities & larger towns with modern rail infrastructure and motorways. If the Ballybrophy to Limerick line was upgraded, you would do Limerick to Dublin in less than 90mins. Instead the line taken is via Limk Junction & Templemore and Thurles and then up to BallyBrophy. Its crazy.

There should really be a high speed line from Limerick to Galway and there should be some route from Limerick to Tralee/Kilarney. If we had then could tap into a lot of commuters from these regions imo, which would give us an advantage in attracting jobs & buisness to the city. We currently have unused tracks that go out past Raheen/Patrickswell. If the city planners are building out the city out this side then something could be done with these tracks and build a station out there. The greenways are becoming very popular however isnt it a little shameful that we are digging up some of these routes and others just left unused, rather than investing in them and seeing the potential in them. If there was a station out this side then developers would be enticed to build near them knwoing the value they would bring.

Housing is obviously another major one, does anyone know what the situation is with the Greenfields site behind SCR/greyhound track as it is a premium development site?

A cinema in the city centre would bring a lot of people into the city making it a more vibrant place.

A major plan for Nicholas street is also a must.

zulutango

We need a Lidl or Aldi in the city centre too.

Stab*City

We need:

Free public sports areas
Med-large sized music venue not controlled by Dolans
More cycle lanes less bus lanes
A world class amenity something to make people want to come here (Zoo, Aquarium, Water Park indoor of course, Theme Park or such)
Better traffic management
Rail link to Shannon
A decent well run night club not catered to pissheads, students or rugby supporters
A large scale music festival not controlled by Dolans
Less discount shops

Mc Love

More trees

dashoonage

monorail.

Shapey Fiend

Stab*City wrote: »

We need:

Free public sports areas
Med-large sized music venue not controlled by Dolans
More cycle lanes less bus lanes
A world class amenity something to make people want to come here (Zoo, Aquarium, Water Park indoor of course, Theme Park or such)
Better traffic management
Rail link to Shannon
A decent well run night club not catered to pissheads, students or rugby supporters
A large scale music festival not controlled by Dolans
Less discount shops

Pretty much what I think as well, although Dolans does great work.

Amber nightclub opened pretty recently (in what was The Sin Bin) and it's got a nice atmosphere. The music is pretty poppy but there's a pretty hip crowd in there anyway.

Limerick needs more tourist attractions as well. You've got St Johns Castle and the Frank McCourt tour but you'd be hard pressed to find something to do over more than two days. Distillery/brewery tour, more frequent walking tours, pub crawl tours, traditional music trail maybe.

zulutango

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

Limerick needs more tourist attractions as well. You've got St Johns Castle and the Frank McCourt tour but you'd be hard pressed to find something to do over more than two days. Distillery/brewery tour, more frequent walking tours, pub crawl tours, traditional music trail maybe.

Tsk, tsk

zulutango

A few people are looking for fewer bus lanes, but lack of bus lanes is the principle reason we have a really shoddy bus service (although there are clearly management and investment issues also). A city without a decent bus service isn't much of a city, imo. If we plan for all journeys of over a few km to be made by car, then we're just going to have lots and lots of traffic and congested streets. We'll be building way too many roads which will cost a fortune, and which could be spent on more beneficial things, and way too much useable space will be given over to parking, which is a really poor use of valuable city centre space. More bus lanes are an absolute must for Limerick.

Stab*City

zulutango wrote: »

A few people are looking for fewer bus lanes, but lack of bus lanes is the principle reason we have a really shoddy bus service (although there are clearly management and investment issues also). A city without a decent bus service isn't much of a city, imo. If we plan for all journeys of over a few km to be made by car, then we're just going to have lots and lots of traffic and congested streets. We'll be building way too many roads which will cost a fortune, and which could be spent on more beneficial things, and way too much useable space will be given over to parking, which is a really poor use of valuable city centre space. More bus lanes are an absolute must for Limerick.

Jesus we have enough bus lanes. Taxis and traffic dodgers are all that use them.. And besides that 75% of the buses i see daily are empty.

LimerickCity

zulutango wrote: »

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

Limerick needs more tourist attractions as well. You've got St Johns Castle and the Frank McCourt tour but you'd be hard pressed to find something to do over more than two days. Distillery/brewery tour, more frequent walking tours, pub crawl tours, traditional music trail maybe.

Tsk, tsk

King John The Baptist

Glenomra

specialist shops. they bring people to the city. we have some, cameras, antiques, craft, books, etc but not enough.

Stab*City

Conventions big ones.

Paddico

Jake Millions Greyhound wrote: »

a) Marks & Spencer
b) Monorail

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Any care to tell me what the limerick obsession is with Marks & Sparks.
It will come some day and then, just like starbucks you'll realise M&S is overpriced for food and and their clothes are ****e quality

Shapey Fiend

There's no way I'd do a full food shop in M&S but some of their stuff is much nicer than the competition.. pasta sauces for instance. They do the hardest wearing school uniforms/shirts as well IMO.

lisasimpson

Actually a VHI swiftcare clinic. Unfortunately if your aviva or laya healthcare you can no longer use them but would its handy if you have VHI cover and could avoid A&E

nim1bdeh38l2cw

Paddico wrote: »

Any care to tell me what the limerick obsession is with Marks & Sparks.
It will come some day and then, just like starbucks you'll realise M&S is overpriced for food and and their clothes are ****e quality

Whoosh!

Jmccoy1

Nandos
Decent shops in the city centre
Pizza slice place
TGI Fridays
Decent trance / techno nightclub
Five Guys
City centre bowling / cinema (Sarsfield Street)

damowill

Jmccoy1 wrote: »

Nandos
Decent shops in the city centre
Pizza slice place
TGI Fridays
Decent trance / techno nightclub
Five Guys
City centre bowling / cinema (Sarsfield Street)

Pizza Slice place. Cant believe there isnt one already.

OfTheMarsWongs

damowill wrote: »

Pizza Slice place. Cant believe there isnt one already.

There was one for a bit in front of Penney’s. Last year, maybe early this year. Gone a few months anyway.

damowill

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

There was one for a bit in front of Penney’s. Last year, maybe early this year. Gone a few months anyway.

You are right. Tried them once. But they were small slices and over priced. And they closed early.

Pizza slices in North America are the business. They are nice, quick cheap eats. There's a few places in Dublin that do decent ones as well. Perfect when on the go.

johnnyryan89

Think Cobblestone Joe's does pizza slices, not sure if it's an all day thing but do remember going before for a pizza slice and a beer.

mitresize5

A private hospital with an Accident and Emergency department.

You might not be a fan of a two pier health system but if there was a private A&E there would be huge pressure taken off the regional.

Mr.H

Strip club?

Stab*City

Nandos is so over rated.
Pizza by the slice would be great but id imagine in Limerick it would be called Gastro Pizza by the slice and cost 8 quid a slice served by a man with a fluffy beard and converse all stars..