Limerick Leader

Five potential iconic structures have been shortlisted by Limerick's business elite to attract an additional million visitors to the city over the next ten years. A multicultural village, an Irish diaspora centre and a multi-purpose events centre are three projects chosen from more the 50 suggestions during a series of brainstorming sessions. A project manager will now be assigned to each of the five proposals, which will be put through a rigorous evaluation test over the coming months. "They will all have to condense their projects and see how feasible each one is," said University of Limerick Prof Eamonn Murphy, chairman of the group. The statistics professor said of the five shortlisted projects, more than one is likely to see it to completion. "There will be more than one but there can't be five main projects either," he said.