Limerick information

If you ask an Irish about Limerick, you'll see that look..., that smile on the face. "You mean Stab City?" you'll hear. Limerick is known in Ireland as a city with high crime rates, lots of knackers, horses and some gang activities.

For some historical reasons unknown to me, there are two rival gangs developing all kind of underground activities. This gangs usually kill members of the rival one but, unfortunately, every so often Innocent people get caught in the middle, badly wounded or even killed.

My impression of the city is different, radically different. Once in the city ,quickly you get the feeling of a middle size one, with some big office buildings, lots of cars, and some big industrial areas. Certainly the city is not as nice as Galway is. But its size is also a good thing since the commercial offer is much bigger.

Then you discover the vibrant University of Limerick, its huge campus with its marvelous sports facilities. The offices of the company I work for are in the middle of the campus, in the International Science Center at the National Technology Park.

Also Limerick is a much more international city, somehow people is more open minded, though I'm not saying that people in Galway are not open minded, but here they are more.

In terms of weather, it seems to be a combination of continental weather, with colder winters and hotter summers than Galway, and a little bit less rainy. This last point is yet to be confirmed.

So far I'm happy here. There are two things that I really miss, Salthill's promenade, and the ability to go everywhere with my bike.

Bye.