Ladies’ Business Lunch 2021

Limerick Civic Trust’s 2021 Ladies’ Business Lunch, which will take place at One Pery Square Hotel on Friday 24th September. The Ladies Lunch is one of our major annual fundraisers and we are seeking your valued support for this year’s event.

We are delighted to announce Virginia Teehan as our guest speaker for our 2021 Ladies’ Business Lunch. Virginia is a cultural leader with significant experience in the fields of heritage protection & interpretation with a wealth of executive and non-executive experience across museums and galleries & universities. She is the current Chief Executive Officer of The Heritage Council & her impressive work history includes Limerick’s own Hunt Museum.

The Civic Trust has no commercial income so we are dependent on successful fundraising events such as our Ladies’ Lunch for continued existence. For 2021, we have planned a number of projects for Limerick, with our biggest project the continued development of the Wild Geese Museum in St. Munchin’s Church.

By supporting the event, you help to maintain the employment of up to seventy persons who work on environmental, restoration and other projects that contribute to the positive improvement of Limerick. Your support enables you to share in our projects and create employment opportunities while promoting and improving Limerick’s built heritage.
On behalf of Limerick Civic Trust, I thank you for your valued support in the past and hope that you will join us on 24th September. We are well aware of the demands on business people to support charitable causes, but would greatly appreciate an early positive response from you.
2020 was a tough year for all of us, and like most charities, our fundraising efforts were drastically affected by the Covid pandemic. It would mean so much to us if you could support our our Ladies Lunch in whatever way you can.

Payments can be made by cheque to Limerick Civic Trust, or through the donations page on our website linked here. For bank transfer, please contact us for bank details.

Feel free to get in contact with us for more information on how to show your support, you can email info@limerickcivictrust.ie or call us on 061 313 399. This year the contact in the Civic Trust is Meadhbh Nolan, who will be assisted by Frederica Clohessy. Either Meadhbh or Frederica would be delighted to hear from you.

With your support, we hope to make our 2021 Ladies’ Business Lunch a successful and enjoyable event.

UL President Calls on Limerick to Support University

Dr Desmond Fitzgerald, the newly appointed president of University of Limerick, spoke of his ambitions for the University at the Limerick Civic Trust’s May business lunch and called on the City to support the University.

Over 80 business people attended the event which took place at No.1 Pery Square to hear the internationally renowned academic.

During his first public address in Limerick since he was announced as incoming president, Dr Fitzgerald set out his vision for the University noting that it has been “a power house in terms of its impact on the economic, social and cultural development of the region”. He commented on the movement 40 years ago to put a university here and said “we need that spirit again so the University can move forward in challenging times.

He also noted that the University of Limerick has supported the rejuvenation of Limerick in recent years and “now the city needs to support the university. A great city needs a great University.(more…)