{"id":194346,"date":"2025-12-16T08:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/194346\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:06:14","slug":"limerick-is-irelands-first-global-active-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/194346\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick is Ireland&#8217;s first &#8216;Global Active City&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/60e310977a5f0.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Limerick is one of just 12 cities in the world to get the prestigious status.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Limerick has been officially awarded Global Active City status, making it the first city in Ireland to achieve the internationally recognised quality mark.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The designation acknowledges the city\u2019s strong commitment to physical activity, health, and wellbeing through strategic planning and inclusive programmes.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Limerick now joins an elite group of only eleven cities worldwide to be recognised for excellence in promoting active, healthy lifestyles.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">The certification process, which is aligned with ISO 9000-compatible standards, was developed in partnership with major global bodies including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), UNESCO, and the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/69410c38057f3.jpg\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Pat Quigley, Phelim\u00a0Macken, and Mary Corry of Limerick Sports Partnership with Alister Dalrymple, Active Wellbeing Initiative, and Jacqueline Kronenburg, TAFISA Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">The effort was led locally by Limerick Sports Partnership, in close collaboration with Limerick City &amp; County Council, the HSE, UL, and various community groups.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">Phelim Macken, Manager of Limerick Sports Partnership, called the status a &#8220;significant milestone for Limerick&#8221; and an endorsement of the collective work to make physical activity accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"12\">Pat Quigley, Active Cities Officer, highlighted that the recognition validates Limerick&#8217;s &#8220;whole-system approach to active living \u2014 from infrastructure and active travel to community programmes, health services and education&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News Getty Images Limerick is one of just 12 cities in the world to get the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,608,611,607,610,609,612,43],"class_list":["post-194346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-radio","tag-limerick-today","tag-limericks-live95fm","tag-live-95","tag-live95fm","tag-live95fm-homepage","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}