Mr. Joe Hamill:

I was unable to attend but some of my colleagues were there. Anything I saw was fairly reasonable. I was getting some of my material by pictures on a telephone so I was getting it as it was happening. Anything I saw about the "Granny" was very positive. The reported figures are that upwards of a quarter of million people turned out to see it, which was phenomenal in its own way. I know it was expensive but in many ways many of us would have loved to see it as the culmination of the year if it had only been at a different time. It was a great highlight. There were approximately 650,000 attendances over the course of the year and one must put that in the context of the population of Limerick being around 57,000. On those sides, it was all very good. There are some legacy projects. The "Made in Limerick" aspect that dealt directly with artists in the city turned out to be very successful.