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Limerick City is third largest city in Ireland with a population of 95,854. The city lies on the River Shannon, with the historic core of the city located on King's Island, which is bounded by the Shannon and the Abbey River. Limerick is also located at the head of the Shannon Estuary where the river widens before it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Limerick is the third most populous city in the state, and the fourth most populous city on the island of Ireland. In 2014, Limerick is Ireland's City of Culture, with a number of events due to take place in the city over the year.

Over 18,000 people living in Limerick County are non-Irish nationals and come from all over the world. The largest ethnic groups in Limerick are people from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Pakistan, China, Nigeria and India.

Doras Luimní

Doras Luimní is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working to support and promote the rights of all migrants living in Limerick. Our mission is to promote and uphold the human rights and wellbeing of migrants through personal advocacy, integration development and collaborative advocacy campaigns at the local and national level.

The anti-rumours campaign aims to dispel the widespread myths and misconceptions around the topic of immigration and migrant integration, by providing evidence-based answers and utilising social networks to spread the message of the campaign far and wide. As part of the campaign, Doras Luimní will provide free training to a team of anti-rumours advocates who will be given the necessary tools to carry out their own projects and workshops which challenge the most common myths.

There are three key stages of the campaign:

  • Research: Identifying the most common myths and misconceptions on aspects of migration in Limerick and generating reliable and factual information on immigration and integration in order to counter and address these issues in a local context.
  • Communication: The facts will then be presented in a creative and accessible way, which will inform the public and provide evidence-based answers to common misconceptions.
  • Training:  A wide range of key local stakeholders are invited to attend workshops and training sessions, during which they will gain skills in migrant rights, intercultural awareness, facts and figures around the topic of migration, facilitation skills and access to free learning resources which can be used to carry out their own anti-rumours initiatives.

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C4i Limerick visit

Limerick, Ireland , 

C4i visit in Limerick

The Limerick C4i team were delighted to welcome Daniel de Torres Barderi, Council of Europe engagement and campaign consultant, and Gemma Pinyol, C4i project manager, to Limerick city on 3rd and 4th April to discuss the next steps in relation to designing and planning the local anti-rumours campaign strategy.

The highly successful visit comprised meetings with key stakeholders and potential anti‐rumours
network members, which resulted in useful discussions and increased awareness of the campaign among a wide audience. Two anti‐rumours workshops were conducted and facilitated by Daniel de Torres Barderi during the visit, both of which proved to be highly informative and thought‐provoking in terms of taking the campaign forward. Matt Cannon, Limerick C4i Project Coordinator, expressed his appreciation to the Council of Europe C4i team, "We have gained an enormous amount from this visit and can see great advantage in having the opportunity to meet with the experts in person, and at this early stage, to discuss the planning of our local strategy.

We hope to keep this momentum up by maintaining contact with those who have participated in meetings and workshops this week and further engaging stakeholders in the campaign design process".


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