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ACCELERATES NET-ZERO CARBON TARGET BY 10 YEARS TO 2040 Brown Thomas Arnotts (BTA) has announced its commitment to significantly accelerate its target to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its business by 2040. Brown Thomas Arnotts is the first Irish retailer to sign The Climate Pledge, a cross-sector collaboration co-founded by Global Optimism. The organisation […]
by Andrew Martin 13:50 17 SEP 2021 The day was Wednesday, September 17th, 1980. ‘Upside Down’ by Diana Ross was the U.S. number one. David Lynch’s The Elephant Man was one of the most-watched films of the year, and the mighty Limerick City FC hosted Real Madrid in the European Cup. On the 41st anniversary of […]
This is the story of how a small Theatre transformed the cultural life of an Irish city. Theatres possess a special atmosphere that actors and performers recognised instantly. At rehersals, they clued into the spirits of the Hall, picking up on vibes and whispers of the past. Theatre deals with imagination; calling for what S.T. […]
Back in the golden days of pirate radio in the 70s & 80s, the people of Limerick were truly blessed. By switching on to Radio Lumni, you heard the best local radio programme, in some folk’s opinion, that there ever has been. Around 7.30am, you would hear the soft tones of John the Man Frawley […]
Anybody who was at the Limerick-based artist Dietrich Blodau’s ‘A Life of Observations’ art exhibition in the Hunt Museum in 2018 will have been made aware of Blodau’s wonderful depictions of the streets of Limerick. If you had walked these streets all your life, Ellen Street, High Street, The Round House, Todd’s Bow, then one […]
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