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Limerick Going for Gold 2017 adds new photo competition

Julie White, Live 95; Richard Lynch, I Love Limerick; Aine Fitzgerald, Limerick Leader; Dave O Hora, Southern Media; Mayor Stephen Keary; Roger Beck, Parkway Shopping; Gerry Boland, JP McManus Charitable Foundation; Dave Hennessy, LCCC; Helen O Donnell, Limerick City Tidy Towns and Sinead McDonnel, LCCC, pictured at City Hall, Limerick for the Launch of Limerick Going for Gold 2017 on Monday. Photo: Brian Arthur.

Limerick Going for Gold 2017 adds #loveyourlimerick new photo competition

More than 140 applications have been received for Limerick Going for Gold 2017. All of these groups have already received Limerick Going for Gold Environment Improvement Grant funding ranging from €200– €2,000 to assist them with their environmental work and help with the overall aim of Limerick Going for Gold which is to make Limerick a cleaner, brighter, place to work live and visit.

These groups are also in with a chance to win an award in the Limerick Going for Gold Grand Final which will take place in October. Judging of all Limerick Going for Gold entrants is ongoing and will take place up until mid-September.


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A new category has been added to this year’s Limerick Going for Gold 2017. #loveyourlimerick Photo Competition aims to attract wonderful photographs of communities, places, and towns throughout Limerick city and county.

There will be a junior category for those under 21 who enter this category. A cash prize of €500 will be awarded to the winning photographer who submits best overall #loveyourlimerick 2017, with an additional €500 awarded to his/ her community.  Runners-up prizes will also be awarded.

Other categories in this year’s Limerick Going for Gold competition include Limerick in Bloom, Residential Areas (including Estates), Challenge Category, Tidy Towns Incentive Category and Best Front Garden Competition, sponsored by the Parkway Shopping Centre.

 

Limerick Going for Gold 2017

Richard Lynch, I love Limerick; Gerry Boland, JP McManus Charitable Foundation; Helen O Donnel, Limerick Tidy Towns and Mayor Stephen Keary pictured at City Hall, Limerick for the Launch of Limerick Going for Gold 2017. Photo: Brian Arthur.

Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Stephen Keary had a golden welcome for supporters, sponsors and friends of Limerick Going for Gold 2017, which is celebrating its fifth year.

Mayor Keary said: “I’m delighted to see the positive impact of the Limerick Going for Gold Grant and Competition is having on communities across Limerick city and county.  It is a fantastic competition that fosters community spirit and makes our localities better places to live.  We all need to do our small bit to help.”

 

“I am thankful to Limerick Going for Gold sponsors, the JP McManus Charitable Foundation and all of our supporters and friends of Going for Gold and of course Limerick City and County Council for their work”.

Gerry Boland from the JP McManus Charitable Foundation said: “I’m delighted with the new #loveyourlimerick Photo Competition element to this year’s Limerick Going for Gold.  I would also like to take the opportunity to confirm on behalf of the Charitable Foundation that the prize fund for Limerick Going for Gold 2017 is once again in the region of €75,000, with a top prize of €10,000 in the Challenge Category and €5,000 in the Limerick in Bloom Category.”

Limerick Going for Gold is sponsored by the JP McManus Charitable Foundation and supported by Limerick City and County Council, Limerick’s Live 95 fm, Limerick Leader, Limerick Post, I Love Limerick, Southern Media and Marketing Design and the Parkway Shopping Centre.

Limerick gardeners please take note that the closing date for the Best Front Garden Competition, sponsored by the Parkway Shopping Centre is Monday 31st July 2017.

To enter the Limerick Going for Gold #loveyourlimerick Photographic Competition email a high-resolution image (1-10  megabytes) to [email protected], use the hashtag #loveyourlimerick and upload on either Instagram or Twitter.

 

To apply for Limerick Going for Gold 2017 click here

For more of our stories on Limerick Going for Gold click here

 

 

 

 

Richard is a presenter, producer, songwriter and actor. He was named the Limerick Person of the Year (2011) and won an online award at the Metro Éireann Media and Multicultural Awards (2011) for promoting multi-culturalism online. Richard says that the ilovelimerick.com concept is very much a community driven project that aims to document life in Limerick. So, that in 20 years time people can look back and remember the events that were making the headlines.