“JP McManus gifted his building to Limerick Council and what you are doing is throwing it back in the face of a man, a Limerick man, who has been so good to this county and who has contributed so much to Limerick,” said one councillor. “Is it in order to consider making an apology to the McManus family?” asked another. “We should be truly ashamed,” wrote a third later on X, formerly Twitter. The newly elected mayor was placatory and pragmatic: “I have never once suggested that JP McManus isn’t anything but overly generous for Limerick,” said John Moran. But…

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