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It’s that time of year again. The 2025 Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival returns for a 15th iteration this April with its most comprehensive line-up of events to date. Taking place from Monday 7th to Sunday 13th April, this year’s festival theme is “Literacies for Life”. It features over 120 free events and activities to choose from throughout the week both online and in-person. The 2025 festival presents a wide variety of interesting and diverse topics that include Art, IT Skills, Language Tasters, Entrepreneurship, Guided Tours, Open Days, Educational Pathways, Dance, Music, Cookery, Wellbeing and much more. Pictured at the launch event at Newcastle West Library were, Anne O’Donoghue and Thialta Freitas in a Headway workspace with Richard O’Donoghue TD, Minister of State at the Department of Justice with special responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice, Niall Collins, TD, Cllr. Ger Ward and Mayor of Limerick John Moran. Photo by Alan Place. It’s that time of year again. The 2025 Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival returns for a 15th iteration this April with its most comprehensive line-up of events to date. Taking place from Monday 7th to Sunday 13th April, this year’s festival theme is “Literacies for Life”. It features over 120 free events and activities to choose from throughout the week both online and in-person. The 2025 festival presents a wide variety of interesting and diverse topics that include Art, IT Skills, Language Tasters, Entrepreneurship, Guided Tours, Open Days, Educational Pathways, Dance, Music, Cookery, Wellbeing and much more. Pictured at the launch event at Newcastle West Library were, Anne O’Donoghue and Thialta Freitas in a Headway workspace with Richard O’Donoghue TD, Minister of State at the Department of Justice with special responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice, Niall Collins, TD, Cllr. Ger Ward and Mayor of Limerick John Moran. Photo by Alan Place.

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2025 Lifelong Learning Festival features more than 120 free events from April 7 to 13

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2025 Lifelong Learning Festival features more than 120 free events from April 7 to 13.
Pictured at the launch event at Newcastle West Library were, Anne O’Donoghue and Thialta Freitas in a Headway workspace with Richard O’Donoghue TD, Minister of State at the Department of Justice with special responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice, Niall Collins, TD, Cllr. Ger Ward and Mayor of Limerick John Moran. Photo by Alan Place.

The 2025 Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival brings its 15th iteration this April with its most comprehensive line-up of events to date

The 2025 Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival brings its 15th iteration this April with its most comprehensive line-up of events to date
Pictured at the launch of the 2025 Lifelong Learning Festival were Elaine MacGrath, PAUL Partnership, Cora Foley, Limerick and Clare ETB and Anne Delaney, Limerick Childcare Community. Photo by Alan Place.

It’s that time of year again. The Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival returns for a 15th iteration this April with its most comprehensive line-up of events to date. Taking place from Monday 7th to Sunday 13th    April, this year’s festival theme is “Literacies for Life”.

It features over 120 free events and activities to choose from throughout the week both online and in-person.  The 2025 festival presents a wide variety of interesting and diverse topics that include Art, IT Skills, Language Tasters, Entrepreneurship, Guided Tours, Open Days, Educational Pathways, Dance, Music, Cookery, Wellbeing and much more.

This year’s festival was officially launched on Friday, March 21 in Newcastle West Library, Co. Limerick by the Mayor of Limerick, John Moran.  Limerick City and County Council, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and PAUL Partnership are lead partners in the festival. The initiative is also supported by a multi-agency Steering Group.


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MC for the morning, Adrienne O’Connell, Education and Training Coordinator, West Limerick Resources welcomed all guests, including steering group members, learners and partners, to the event.  There were two groups of learners who participated in the launch, a knitting group and a group from Headway, Limerick.  These groups meet in the library on Friday mornings. The Festival Brochure was also unveiled at the launch where a complete listing of events and activities can be found.

Noting the positive effect of the festival, Mayor Moran said, “Limerick City and County Council is proud to support all of Learning Limerick’s projects and delighted to be a core sponsor of this festival. At the heart of the festival is the belief that learning should be fun and accessible for everyone. Following our motto – Communities, Connecting, Learning – we invite you to come with us on a journey of exploration, engagement, and pure celebration.

Mayor of Limerick John Moran tried his hands at knitting with a little help from Eileen Relihan and Brad Flynn, Library Knitting Group the launch event in Newcastle West Library. Photo by Alan Place.

“I anticipate strong participation from our local communities and the broader public, both from within Limerick and beyond, mirroring the high levels of engagement we have witnessed in previous years.

“It is a mark of our commitment to promoting learning in all its forms and the interest shown in lifelong learning across all groups across Limerick.”

Some of the events taking place through the week include a Craft Workshop in Moyross with Limerick and Clare ETB tutors, hosted by Moyross Adult Education Group; a Multicultural Ceilí in the Tait Community Kitchen hosted by PAUL Partnership; “Do You Know What You’re Eating?” running in both the City and Kilmallock Libraries; exploring the impact of nutrition, hosted by Healthy Limerick; and a Self-Employment Information Session for Migrants hosted by Ballyhoura CLG.

Other events include an Open Choir Rehearsal hosted by Mary Immaculate College Community Choir; Introduction to Script Writing hosted by College of FET, Mulgrave Street Campus; and Childcare Employment & Careers Expo hosted by Limerick Childcare Committee.

The 2025 Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival brings its 15th iteration this April with its most comprehensive line-up of events to date
Dr. Maeve Liston, MIC, Cllr. Joe Leddin, Minister of State at the Department of Justice with special responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice, Niall Collins TD, Richard O’Donoghue TD, Helen Browne, UL and Michael MacCurtain, Limerick Chamber. Photo by Alan Place.

Eimear Brophy, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, and Chair of Learning Limerick Steering Group highlighted the relevance of the festival theme and the importance of Limerick’s role as an UNESCO Learning City. She said, “The theme of literacy is very timely and celebrates all the literacies that we need to embrace throughout our lives, including digital, financial, health environmental literacies etc.  At this time of year, we are also reflecting on the work of Learning Limerick over the last year and the importance of connection and our membership of regional, national and international fora promoting lifelong learning.

“We are very proud of our membership of the UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) and the Irish Network of Learning Cities (INLC) and value the sharing of best practice ideas and supporting other cities as we all continue our good work.”

A complete listing of festival events is available on the Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival website

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