Our Journey

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Our Journey

  • 1999

    Krups factory formally ceases operation

  • 1999

    LEDP Ltd. incorporated as a charitable trust through multi-source funding

  • 2000

    Chorus opens 60,000 sq. ft. national call centre HQ at LEDP

  • 2000

    CERT training centre opens 9,000 sq. ft. facility for the hotel and service industry

  • 2002

    FÁS opens 9,000 sq. ft. Carpentry training facility

  • 2003

    UL opens Access Campus to support outreach educational opportunities

  • 2005

    Opening of LEDP’s new purpose-built Family Tree Crèche

     

  • 2007

    Opening of a 143-room hotel and commercial retail centre on LEDP campus

  • 2008

    LEDP establishes Limerick Southside Ltd to manage community initiatives

  • 2011

    LEDP purchases Markets Field Stadium and commences refurbishment project

  • 2013

    LEDP supports the launch of Limerick Regeneration Framework Implementation Plan

  • 2013

    Brothers of Charity opens regional HQ at LEDP

  • 2014

    Irish Wheelchair Association opens new purpose-built regional HQ at LEDP

  • 2015

    Southside Child and Family Centre opens in Roxboro, supported by LEDP since 2009

  • 2015

    Markets Field refurbishment completed with UEFA Category Two stadium status

  • 2015

    LCETB opens state- of-the-art Hospitality Education and Training Centre at LEDP

  • 2016

    Commencement of the Innovation Hub, a 35,000 sq. ft enterprise space at LEDP

  • 2016

    Establishment and development of Sporting Limerick within LEDP, before divestment

  • 2017

    LCETB opens Further Education and Training Centre at LEDP’s Mulgrave St campus

  • 2020

    LEDP leads response to COVID-19 pandemic, opening Markets Field Stadium to Limerick Fire and Rescue Service

  • 2021

    Senior Men’s Soccer returns to Markets Field Stadium with Treaty Utd.

  • 2022

    LEDP launches a new coworking space in May 2022

  • 2021

    LEDP is awarding funding by Enterprise Ireland to conduct a feasibility study into developing Ireland's first Virtual Production Studio at LEDP.

  • 2015

    LCETB opens state- of-the-art NZEB and Retrofitting Centre of Excellence at LEDP