Squarely on the path of all the major routes across the country, and situated pretty much at the head of the Shannon estuary, the city of LIMERICK seems a logical place to make for, but it's a disappointment. Though it's the Republic's third city, and heavily industrialized, it somehow falls significantly short of being a metropolis, yet also lacks the attractions of a typically relaxed western seaboard town. Unemployment and economic hard times have left their mark, it doesn'... [More]