Roscrea HSE Community Games
The new Under 10 handwriting competition will be held for the first time at 1.00pm on Saturday 3rd March followed by the Art and Model Making Competitions in Minter na Tire Hall from 2.00p.m. to 5.00p.m and all are welcome. This is the first year we have held the handwriting competition and it consists of [...]
Charity Skydive Fundraising Night in Aglish
Brian Reddan, Borrisokane and Shauna Madden Murphy, Aglish are doing a Skydive in March in aid of National University of Ireland Galway’s nominated charities, which are the mental health & suicide awareness organisation SpunOut & the Rape Crisis Centre. To raise funds they are holding a fundraising night in The Village Inn, Aglish on Saturday 25th February. On the night there will [...]
Thurles Woman Receives Award for volunteer of The Year
Bernie O’Dowd from Thurles has recieved an Award for being Camogie volunteer of the year 2011. She is pictured here accepting the award from Deirdre Murphy. Development Officer of the Munster Camogie Council. Well done Bernie. Tweet This Post
Chocolates for Chernobyl – Have a heart, Buy a heart, This Valentines.
Lily O’Brien’s Chocolates have come on board with Chernobyl Children International. CCI will be launching a new campaign during Valentine’s Week selling chocolate hearts to raise vital funds for CCI’s Child Cardiac Surgery Programme. By buying these chocolates which will retail at €2, you will be supporting a very worthwhile cause. Keep an eye out [...]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Thurles
St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held in Thurles on Sunday , 18th March. The Parade will start from Abbey Road at 2.45 pm. The Parade is organised by a sub-committee of Thurles Town Council. People are invited to take part in the parade by either entering a float, sponsorship or helping out on the [...]
Thurles CBS Students Shoot for Mars.
Two Tipperary students have designed a ship to take humans to the planet Mars. Tommy O’Sullivan and Darren O’Sullivan, from CBS Thurles, used data from the Nasa website for their blueprints. The ship also monitors the area around it for radiation pockets so the craft can navigate around them. The students displayed their project findings [...]
Anyone for a swim? Special needs facilities at Thurles Leisure Centre.
*Anyone for a Swim? Now everybody Can!!** *Thanks to the foresight of Thurles Parents & Friends of People with Special Needs, with great support from the wider community, especially Ursuline TY students, Garda Damien Cleere of Cops ‘n’ Kids fame, Turtualla golfers, and Marathon participants.The already fantastic facilities at Thurles Leisure Centre (TLC) have been [...]
Corbett is ‘irreplaceable’ claims Shanahan.
Former Waterford star Dan Shanahan believes Tipperary will struggle to replace Lar Corbett. The Thurles Sarsfields sharpshooter stunned the hurling world by announcing his inter-county retirement at the age of 30 on Monday, citing work commitments as the recent behind his decision. Shanahan, who retired at the end of the 201 season, told the Out [...]
Future of Nursing homes are safe.
The future of Tipperary town’s Cluain Arann welfare home is secure, according to an article by Joe Pryce of Tipp Mid west radio today. There had been concerns over the future of the unit ever since it came to light that the unit had been included in a list of nursing homes being considered for [...]
Low cost Hackney licence plans for rural areas
THE Government has revealed plans to introduce low-cost hackney licences for rural areas, stating that they will help curb rural isolation and boost the rural pub trade. The proposal is one of 40 key actions contained in a government report on the future of the taxi sector. “Many rural dwellers have been particularly impacted by [...]
