Ahead of this Thursday’s meeting, at the Annual General Meeting of the Metropolitan District on Monday (June 23), outgoing district Cathaoirleach Cllr Kieran O’Hanlon took the opportunity to apologise to Mr McManus and his wife Noreen on behalf of councillors in the Metropolitan District.
“I’m extremely disappointed and annoyed at the way the whole thing was handled,” the Fianna Fáil man said.
“We have one of the biggest gifts coming to us from one of the greatest people Limerick ever had – JP McManus. Not only did we refuse it, but we insulted the McManus family in the process.”