PAUL Partnership Limerick is the multi-sectoral partnership company which promotes social inclusion in Limerick City. We are an organisation made up of representatives of communities, state agencies, social partners, voluntary groups and elected representatives.
We work with local communities and groups of people that have benefited least from economic and social development and aim to improve the quality of life of people living in Limerick City.
We were initially set up in 1989 as People Action Against Unemployment Ltd, and referred to as PAUL Partnership. We were established to address the high levels of long term unemployment at the time in Limerick City. Since then, our remit has expanded to a broader objective of supporting social inclusion.
We manage and implement programmes across 5 thematic areas:
We are currently responsible for managing and implementing the following programmes:
We are also hosting or supporting a number of multi-agency initiatives:
Independent Chair
Prof. Gary O’Brien
Community Representatives
Lindsey Liston – Limerick City North
Aoife Ryan – Limerick City North
Suzanne Cronin – Limerick City East
Vacancy – Limerick City East
Cillian Flynn – Limerick City West
Michael McGuane – Limerick City West
Vacancy – PPN (Social Inclusion Strand; Metropolitan Area)
Vacancy – PPN (Social Inclusion Strand; Metropolitan Area)
Statutory Representatives
Anne Ryan – HSE
Paul Patton – Limerick & Clare Education and Training Board
Caroline Cullen – Tusla
Anna Murphy – Shannon Consortium
Elected Representatives
Cllr. Sharon Benson – Limerick City North
Cllr. Abul Kamar Azad Talukder – Limerick City West
Cllr. Sarah Kiely – Limerick City East
Social Partners
Deirdre Canty – ICTU
Alan Douglas – ICTU
Marian Duggan – IBEC
Vacancy – Environmental Pillar
Competency-based
Dr. Christine Cross
Kevin O’Farrell
Social Inclusion is a process which ensures that all people in society have equal access to basic rights in relation to education, employment, healthcare, housing, information etc, and which seeks to eliminate the barriers which prevent people from exercising those rights
