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Limerick council seeks consultants to draw up public realm strategy Reporter: );  ); LIMERICK City and County Council is seeking to appoint a multi-disciplinary team to prepare a public realm strategy for the city centre. With several high-profile projects currently planned or underway in the city centre, the local authority had published tender documents seeking expressions of interest from engineering consultancy services with experience in urban planning or urban design/architecture led pr...

Biden’s Budget  In the absence of news, we’re sticking by our way-too-early predictions of flat defense spending, at best — especially with Congress on the verge of passing another coronavirus stimulus package, this one totalling nearly $1 trillion. If Republicans retain control of the Senate, expect lesser cuts. If Democrats take control after two early-January Georgia runoffs, expect deeper cuts as they focus on priorities other than defense.  In the meantime, the Trump administration...