{"id":99890,"date":"2025-10-23T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/99890\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T19:24:10","slug":"date-revealed-for-re-opening-of-popular-swimming-pool-in-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/99890\/","title":{"rendered":"Date revealed for re-opening of popular swimming pool in Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/230\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">promises<\/a> to be a big day in Askeaton, as the town&#8217;s swimming pool re-opens after more than two years.<\/p>\n<p>The facility, which is managed by Swim Ireland, will be back in operation from 10am, Limerick City and County Council has confirmed in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the facility will only open for four hours&#8217; a day &#8211; up to 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/breaking-news\/1925447\/limerick-sports-star-died-after-nonsurvivable-head-injuries-following-assault-inquest-hears.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick sports star died after nonsurvivable head injuries following assault &#8211; inquest hears<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Swim Ireland is working towards\u00a0delivering full operational hours in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A formal re-opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place in early December.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Askeaton Swimming Pool and Centre has undergone major refurbishment by Martins Construction since its closure in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Significant flood protection measures have been implemented as part of the refurbishment works, along with an upgrade of the mechanical and electrical plant.<\/p>\n<p>The Askeaton swimming pool closed in March 2023 for major refurbishment, including flood protection measures, and upgrades to mechanical and electrical systems.<\/p>\n<p>The closure was seen as necessary to future-proof the facility against flooding from the nearby River Deel and to perform essential maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUESDAY next promises to be a big day in Askeaton, as the town&#8217;s swimming pool re-opens after more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14351,2177,42,1396,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-99890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-askeaton","9":"tag-county-limerick","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-limerick","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99890","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=99890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}