The war on Christmas rages in that home of festive cheer, Limerick city. John Moran, the city’s directly elected mayor, cancelled the Christmas market proposed for the area around the statue of Daniel O’Connell, which the council had advanced all the way to publishing a road closure notice. It didn’t seem like the market would be up to scratch, the first citizen felt.
“The proposals were developed late and they came late. I wasn’t happy it was going to be a success. It’s public money, so we decided we would push it off until next year,” he told the Limerick Leader.
“What I would love to do is to start planning the market for next year, next week. You need to get ahead of these things, and that’s part of what I think we need to improve.”
Is no Christmas market better than a bad Christmas market? Locals will have all of December to contemplate that, as they go unwarmed by mulled wine and see their
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