Limerick Docks Sculpture Draws Interest

Sculptors and artists from America, Ireland, England and Europe, have sent their submissions to Limerick City Council in response to the local authority’s advertisement for expressions of interest in designing and executing a monument in memory of those men who down through the decades eked out a precarious livelihood as dockers in Limerick Docks.

Cllr Jim Long, who chairs a committee to oversee the commission and completion of an appropriate monument, told the Limerick Post that a total of 22 submissions have been received and scrutinised.

"We are very impressed with the quality and standard of the designs received and we spent a whole day going through them and short listing them”.