Jennifer Moroney-Ward is CEO of a Local Development Company in Limerick City.  Jennifer has worked in local and community development for over 25 years with a particular focus on social inclusion and cohesion issues and has spent most of her career working in areas of the state experiencing the highest levels of poverty and social exclusion. Jennifer also founded of the Limerick Spring Festival of Politics and Ideas which was born during Limerick's City of Culture and supported by an active volunteer committee for a number of years. The festival celebrated the role of the citizen and also offered the people of Limerick creative opportunities to share their solutions, ideas and hopes for the future of their City.