LIT Sarsfields unveil new jersey

LIT Sarsfields GAA Club have a new kit. The first people to see it were club board members when it was unveiled at the Annual General Meeting on March 11th.

The club's development plan was also launched at the AGM and Dr. Marie Heinfelaar, President of Limerick Institute of Technology, was elected as the president of the club.

The jerseys are sponsored by local businesses and groups who gave €100 to enter a draw to have their names on the jerseys. Deirdre O ' Driscoll, outgoing chairperson, thanked everyone for their support.

Moyross residents play part in city

The Launch of the brochure which promotes the collective work of Estate Management City Wide took place in the Absolute Hotel on Tuesday 2nd February 2010. 

Estate Management creates an integrated link for residents, agencies and services providers. It provides residents with a platform to have a voice on issues involving your community.

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Members of the Moyross Residents Forum who 

attended the launch of the city wide brochure

Stacey joins the 'We're OK' team

Stacey Quarmby is the new worker with the Northside We’re Ok Youth Initiative. Stacey is the new Community based Drugs Education & Prevention Worker, working with Sean Ward based in Watch House Cross Shopping Centre.

 Stacey was previously the Coordinator of the North Side Youth Cafe, so has been working with young people in Moyross and St. Munchin’s for the last 3 years. “I’m delighted to be starting in the role and look forward to working with young people and their parents across the Northside who might have concerns regarding drug related issues” said Stacey. 

We’re Ok is a community based project that works primarily with young people aged between 10 – 21 years through the delivery of educational programmes, raising awareness and identifying drug issues. 

The Northside We're OK Youth Initiative project is funded by Young People's Facilities and Service fund

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Stacey Quamby, new worker with We're OK

Hub Wins best entry at Parade

The massive preparations at the Northside Learning Hub paid off at the St. Patrick's Day Limerick Parade when they won the best entry overall.

The excitement and enthusiasm of the school children was evident as they worked together to make the festivities even more dramatic and colourful than last year. The overall theme for this year’s parade was “I Love Limerick”. 

The Northside Learning Hub float showed Limerick’s young eco-warriors taking on those who would litter and dirty our city! (Limerick was recently named Ireland’s most littered city). The parade group wanted to show how we can all make a difference by recycling and keeping our city clean.

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Seamus and Martin from Corpus Christi working on the horses

Moyross rule Paddy's day parade

Almost 70,000 people turned out to see local hero Keith Earls and his sister Jenny lead Limerick in the largest regional St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the country. 

This was the best parade in 20 years according to the Mayor of Limerick Cllr. Kevin Kiely. It’s not surprising when Moyross had the Grand Marshall, the Best Parade Entry, Best Float and Best Musical Entry. 

The first two accolades were given to The Northside Learning Hub who really wowed the crowds with their amazing horses and eco warriors protecting the city from pollution and litter and showed up brilliantly later on the TV too. Best Music was won by the Corpus Christi Pipes and Drums Band. The Hub’s success was well deserved after the huge effort that went in.

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Kids from the Northside Learning Hub

with one of their litter and pollution protecting horses.

Reading festival comes to Moyross

Starting on the 19th April 2010 Moyross will be at centre of the biggest book club in the world club when it is hoped that everybody from Moyross and St. Munchin’s will come together to read Roald Dahl’s book “The Twits”. “Try the Twits- A Northside Story”. The project will encourage everyone from 4 to 94 years across the Northside to one book over 4 weeks.

“We are hoping that parents, grandparents and children will all join in and read the book together. We picked the book because it appeals to all ages” said Hilary Pratt, home school liaison teacher, St. Munchin’s Girls School and one of the organisers of the event.

‘The Twits’ will be distributed to each household in the community including Moyross, Ballynanty, Kileely and Thomondgate. It is estimated that there will be approx 1,500 books in circulation. 

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Munster players Alan Quinlan, Denis

Fogarty and Neil Ronan with local kids Luke Ward and Robert Cantillon at the launch of the Northside Reading Festival

Ross Ryan joins ‘Changing Ireland’ on placement

Ross Ryan from Pineview Gardens has joined 'Changing Ireland' for a 12 day placement. Already familiar with the newspaper scene following a stint in the Limerick Leader, Ross aims to build on his media skills. Ross completed a Media Production course in Limerick Senior College in 2007. He has his own youtube channel with 54 videos and over 8,500 views at the last count and has always wanted to work in the media.