{"id":234561,"date":"2025-12-15T20:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/234561\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T20:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:54:13","slug":"temporary-car-park-in-limerick-town-opens-ahead-of-festive-shopping-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/234561\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary car park in Limerick town opens ahead of festive shopping rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A TEMPORARY car park has opened in the centre of Abbeyfeale ahead of the Christmas rush, amid further calls for action on a nearby protected building to support long-term regeneration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/309\/politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Local councillor<\/a> Liam Galvin said the car park, which opened close to Goode&#8217;s Pharmacy, will operate on a temporary basis over the festive period as part of wider traffic-management arrangements in Abbeyfeale.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed works are expected to get under way early in the new year to deliver a permanent car park on the site.<br \/>Cllr Galvin said the additional parking is a significant boost for the town at a critical time for local businesses, describing it as a practical step to improve accessibility and encourage footfall in the town centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis gives Abbeyfeale a chance to be busy and active over Christmas,\u201d he said, adding that the town has strong retail and hospitality offerings but needs the right infrastructure to support them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/video\/community\/1963437\/watch-minister-patrick-o-donovan-speaking-at-the-re-opening-of-askeaton-pool-and-leisure-club.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WATCH: Minister Patrick O Donovan speaking at the re-opening of Askeaton pool and leisure club<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong\/>Looking beyond the temporary arrangement, the councillor said attention must now turn to a building known as \u2018Daly&#8217;s building\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should have its\u00a0protected status reviewed, be demolished and rebuilt to allow for a modern and wider town-centre improvement. arguing that it is preventing meaningful redevelopment of the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the car park presents an opportunity not just to ease congestion, but to act as a catalyst for the regeneration of Abbeyfeale\u2019s core.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A TEMPORARY car park has opened in the centre of Abbeyfeale ahead of the Christmas rush, amid further&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[35582,79,18,19,17,1844,9213],"class_list":{"0":"post-234561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-abbeyfeale","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-limerick","14":"tag-limerick-city-and-county-council"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115725578118001039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}