10 Tips For Driving in Snow and Ice- from Roscrea Race Driver Nicole Drought
1. If you know there is bad weather coming, check your tyre conditions and make sure the pressures are correct- most tyre centres will do this free of charge. Also ensure you have enough windscreen washer fluid and have an additive too to stop it freezing. 2. Unless you need to drive- don’t. This might […]
Graduation day at Gurteen College Roscrea
Friday 24 January was graduation Day at Gurteen College, being delighted to celebrate close to 200 student’s graduation from our agriculture programmes. Joe Daly, GC Lecturer, was our able Master of Ceremonies taking us delightfully through the proceedings. John Parkin retired Methodist Minister gave an informative opening address, with reference to both the college’s past […]
Class Win for Roscrea’s Nicole Drought in Birr!
Having already wrapped the A1 class in the 2019 Endurance Trial Championship, with six wins from six starts, Roscrea’s Nicole Drought and co driver Aaron McElroy decided to move up to the A2 class for the final round of the championship at the weekend. The Birr & District Motor Club had set out 20 challenging […]
Tipp Dealers Praised By Zetor
Tipperary farm machinery dealers – Alan King Agri Sales Ltd, near Roscrea and O’Flynn’s Garage in Ballyporeen – have been praised by Zetor as one of a ‘reinvigorated’ ten-strong main dealer network charged with steering the well-known Czech tractor brand on what it terms ‘a new and more progressive path’. Since first introduced here over […]
Two Master Printmakers exhibit at Damer House Gallery, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Damer House Gallery is very proud to be hosting Master Printmakers, Alice Hanratty and Michael Kane, two Titans of Irish art, whose works have represented Ireland on the International stage since the 1970’s. As famous for their gloriously coloured paintings as well as their prints, the gallery is delighted they are showing a variety of […]
Agricultural Students do a day of volunteering in St. Anne’s Residential Service, Roscrea
17 Students and four staff from Gurteen Agricultural College partnered with the Tipperary Volunteer Centre for a volunteering initiative recently. They volunteered a full day of their time to help transform the exterior and internal courtyard of the Villa’s at St. Anne’s Residential Service in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. The students and their lecturers descended […]
Roscrea’s Nicole Drought Wins and Takes The Championship on Home Event
Nicole Drought, from Roscrea in Tipperary, yesterday won her class at the Birr and District Motorclub’s Endurance Trial and in doing so, won the class championship too. As Nicole is a Generation Next Ambassador for Nissan Ireland, she had initially decided to enter the first Endurance Trial of the year in a Nissan. She bought […]
All Major Tipperary Towns Have Minimal Ambulance Cover – Mattie McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Minister for Health Simon Harris and the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to immediately increase the number of ambulances covering all the major towns in County Tipperary. Deputy McGrath was speaking after information supplied to him following a Parliamentary Question showed that Clonmel, Thurles, Cashel, Tipperary Town, Nenagh […]
‘Something About Water’ Exhibition At Damer House Gallery In Roscrea
Something about Water, Damer House Gallery, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary The exhibition currently on view in Damer House Gallery, Roscrea, Something about Water is the work of three Tipperary based artists, Verona Stellet, Donal Sheehan and Carol Kennedy. Water is the source of life and is essential for living. All three artists draw their inspiration for […]
Tipp Average House Prices Rise- REA Index
The price of the average three-bed semi in Tipperary rose by 2.5% to €155,125 in the last three months, according to a national survey carried out by Real Estate Alliance. The REA Average House Price Survey concentrates on the actual sale price of Ireland’s typical stock home, the three-bed semi, giving an up-to-date picture of […]
