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 Denis Maher Thurles. Photo J. O'Loughlin. Ardscoil Ris reached their first ever Dr Harty Cup final, gaining revenge over St Caimin’s School,Shannon, for last season’s semi-final defeat.
Meanwhile last year’s champions Thurles CBS survived the first-half dismissal of centre-forward Aidan McCormack to reach the final for a third successive season.
Thurles Sarsfields player Aidan McCormack received a straight red card in the 16th minute following an off-the-ball incident with Daire Quinn.
Nenagh, who were competing in the Dr. Harty Cup semi-finals for the first time since 2000, struggled to make the extra man count and Thurles were rarely troubled as they booked a final battle with Ardscoil Ris in three weeks.
But Thurles, created the better chances throughout the game with the superb Michael O’Brien scoring nine points during the match, including seven from placed balls.
Thurles led by 7 points to 1 goal 2 points at half-time and easily kept Nenagh in defence mode during the second half.
Pat Ralph’s brilliant sideline cut was the real highlight of the second half, before substitute John Bergin ended Nenagh’s hopes with a Thurles goal two minutes from the end .
Final score: Thurles CBS 1-15; Nenagh CBS 1-9;
Scorers — Thurles CBS: M O’Brien 0-9 ; J Bergin 1-0; P Ralph 0-2 ; with D Maher, A McCormack, C Treacy and T Doyle 0-1 each.
Former chief executive of CRH (International Building Materials Group) Tipperary born Mr Liam O’Mahony has been appointed as the new Chairman of IDA Ireland. Mr O’Mahony takes over the position of chairman from Mr John Dunne.
Born in 1946, the 63 year old Mr O’Mahony (BE, BL, MBA, FIEI) was born in Tipperary and educated at De La Salle College in Waterford, University College Cork, Trinity College D ublin and the Kings Inns, joining CRH in 1971. He has held various senior management positions including Managing Director, Republic of Ireland and UK Group companies and Chief Executive of American operations.
He joined the CRH Board in 1992 and became Group Chief Executive in January 2000, a position he held until the end of 2008.
In 2004, he was Ireland’s best paid chief executive, earning a €3.5m package, made up of basic remuneration €2m with a once off bonus of €1.5 related to the company’s performance over the past five years.
Liam O’Mahony was recognised for excellence when he was awarded the Business and Finance Business Person of the year in 2005.
He is Chairman of Smurfit Kappa Group plc, a director of Project Management Limited and a member of The Irish Management Institute Council.
Established in its current form in 1994, IDA Ireland is the government agency responsible for the establishment and development in the State of industrial undertakings from outside the State. IDA works in partnerships with other organisations to enhance the best of Irish capabilities and talents and match them to the best of global investment.
It is expected that Mr O’Mahony experience and knowledge will contribute greatly to the further development and enhancement of foreign direct investment in Ireland.
 Tomás Mac Giolla The death took place on Thursday last of Tipperary born Mr Tomás Mac Giolla, former president of the Workers’ Party, who died at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, aged 86.
Mr Mac Giolla was born in Nenagh, Co Tipperary in 1924, son to farmer Mr Robert Gill and Mrs Mary Gill (Ni Hourigan). His uncle T. P. Gill was a Member of Parliament (MP) and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party of the land reform agitator, Charles Stewart Parnell.
Known in his early life as Tom Gill, he was educated locally by the Christian Brothers and later attended St Flannan’s College, Ennis, Co. Clare where his classmates were to included the future archbishop of Dublin, Kevin McNamara, and the future distinguished Dominican priest and social justice campaigner, Austin Flannery.
From St Flannan’s College, Mr Mac Giolla won a scholarship to University College Dublin (UCD) where he qualified with a Bachelor of Arts degree, followed by a degree in Commerce and was employed by the Irish Electricity Supply Board (ESB) as an accountant from 1947 until 1977 after which he became a full time politician. His contemporaries during his years at UCD included both future taoisigh, Mr Charles Haughey and Mr Garret FitzGerald.
He joined Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1950 and was interned for two years by the Irish government in the Curragh, during the IRA Border campaign of 1956 to 1962. He also served a number of prison sentences in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, one for six months for failing to give an account of his movements. In 1962, following the collapse of the IRA Border campaign, he was elected president of a then very isolated Sinn Féin, which later became Sinn Féin The Workers Party.
Mr Mac Giolla served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1993 to 1994 and remained a member of Dublin Corporation until 1998.
History will record Mr Mac Giolla as a man of great principle, personal courage, a champion of the poor and the disadvantaged, who played a central role in trying to wean the Republican Movement away from violence.
He is survived by his wife May (née McLoughlin, former member of Sinn Féin and Cumann na mBan, latter the women’s section of the IRA), his sister Evelyn and nephews and nieces.
 North Tipperary Independent Deputy Michael Lowry has confirmed that he has held discussions with Transport Minister Noel Dempsey and the latter has confirmed his commitment to providing some €2.6 million, in relation to the completion of the Thurles link road.
This funding will see the link between the Templemore and Nenagh roads completed before the end of 2010.
This link road will includes the building of a €2.2 million bridge over the main Dublin-Cork railway line, which has been, supposedly, the major stumbling block to the continued progress of this long drawn out project. Construction came to a sudden stop in October last with the road footprint having been carved out.
Deputy Lowry has stated:
“I have been in discussion with Minister Noel Dempsey on this congestion issue and arising from these talks I have gotten a commitment that the link road will be completed before the end of the year. Monies are being provided to finish the road and the engineers and design team have now agreed on the necessary requirement for the bridge. This will be a very significant piece of infrastructure for the area.”
When this long overdue road is completed, it will be the first step in alleviating heavy traffic congestion coming from the north of the county, which together with a poorly designed and badly flawed traffic calming system, presently brings Thurles to a standstill between the hours 8.30am – 9.30am and between 3.30 pm – 6.00 pm.
Presently, from a health and safety view point, both Fire, Doctor and Ambulance services are now being greatly hindered in their efforts to answer 999 emergency calls, particularly on the Dublin road, through Cathedral street and Kickham street, due to clogged motorists unable to mount high footpaths to give a clear way to these essential services.
One angry frustrated motorist informed us this week:-
“Elderly cyclists who pay no road taxes, now decide the speed of traffic in Thurles, since they cannot be overtaken by motorists, due to the recent traffic calming measures introduced. These so called calming measures have had quiet the opposite effect to calming, with motorists forced to take unnecessary risks while becoming enraged and discourteous in their everyday driving habits within the town. We continue to elect Maurice Hickey type, self serving, headline gathering town and county representatives, with little or no business acumen or qualifications, to service our town and county’s need and what we elect is what we get.” he continued.
Once daily shoppers from the villages of Two Mile Borris, Moyne, Templetuohy, Holycross, Glengoole etc. have now taken their daily shopping trips to nearby Cashel, because of the long delays in Thurles traffic. Supermarkets on the outskirts of the town who offer free car parking, continue to do reasonable business at the expense of the now strangled town centre. Some local commuters and centre town businesses are now privately calling for a blockade of the town in order to highlight this ever growing problem.
Other Road Problems
North Tipperary County Council have estimated that between €3.2 and €4 million will be needed to repair roads damaged in the recent cold spell. Of this sum, €2.7 million will be needed to spent on restoring local and regional roads.
Motorists are asked to be particularly careful driving on the road between Thurles and Templetuohy, where road surfaces have been described as similar to mountainous terrain. The road from Templetuohy to Johnstown is grossly unsafe to travel by any form of transport, with large areas of the surface having subsided by up to 12 to 18 inches in many places over the past twelve months, leaving it particularly hazardous for unfamiliar motorist during periods of darkness.
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 Taro Pharmaceuticals Roscrea Taro Pharmaceuticals Ireland Ltd, what was once the flagship of employment in the Mid West region, is to cease operations with the loss of 31 jobs in Roscrea, Co.Tipperary.
Taro is a multinational, science-based pharmaceutical company, dedicated to meeting the needs of its customers through the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of the highest quality health care products.
The former Antigen Factory announced the closure despite a number of measures in recent months to attempt to save jobs at it’s Roscrea facility.
An angry Deputy Noel Coonan expressed deep regret at the announcement by Taro Pharmaceuticals stating:-
“This is another psychological blow for the town. After a number of fake dawns, this once great Antigen factory will finally grind to a halt. This former Antigen, now Taro Pharmaceuticals, has historically provided meaningful employment in Roscrea for many decades but now the locks and bolts will be chained on the gates.
It’s a sad day for the town of Roscrea and for all those who worked there.
This closure of Taro Pharmaceuticals brings to mind the comments of Denis Brosnan, Chairman of the Mid West Task Force when he recently said that the Government and State Agencies such as the IDA and Enterprise Ireland have failed the Mid West Region. This is certainly true of Roscrea and I’m calling on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan TD to direct the necessary resources and expertise towards Roscrea in an attempt to stop the hemorrhaging of jobs.
In Roscrea over the last two years job seekers payments are up by 987 or 100%. The time for talking has long since passed. It’s time for action. For too long the Government, through the State Agencies, failed to deliver infrastructural development to North Tipperary and in particular to the Roscrea region. Numerous areas are still without high speed Internet access despite the richness of the Celtic Tiger era. This lack of competitiveness and infrastructural shortfall exists as a result of flawed Government policy. It is a major hindrance in attracting companies to the area and an issue I am continually highlighting to the Minister of Communications. The highly skilled employees who worked in Taro Pharmaceuticals will now become another number on the dole queue. My heart goes out to all who have been left jobless and their families. It is shocking that this Government, the Greens and the Independents who support it, are so willing to bail out the banks while preying on the little people,” he concluded.
Presented by Teagasc and the Irish Bioenergy Association, the National Bio-Energy Conference 2010 will take place at the Tipperary Institute (TI) in Thurles on the 18th February 2010.
 Teagasc and IrBEA The theme of the 2010 Conference – ‘Developing and Financing Bio-energy‘ – is appropriate, given the challenges currently faced at the different stages of developing a bio-energy project.
The line-up of expert panel speakers, will see bio-energy business developers tell the story behind their respective projects, whether this be based on wood energy, cereal crops or bio-fuels.
This conference is of interest to a broad audience including, farmers/landowners, consumers with large energy requirements, project developers, policy makers/regulators, legal advisers/consultants, business analysts/planners, economists/financial advisers technical/engineering managers, finance directors/financial controllers and finally energy purchasers/facilities managers.
Attendance fees include lunch and refreshments served during the conference.
Conference Fee: (For IrBEA and Teagasc members) – €50 .
Conference Fee: (For non-IrBEA and Teagasc members, and delegates registering on the day) – €100 .
To download the Conference brochure and to reserve a place at this Conference – Click Here
Confirmation from the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern that the Garda College in Templemore is safe, has been received by Independent Deputy Michael Lowry. Mr Lowry sought the assurances after local Templemore Town Councillors spoke of ‘rumours of imminent closure’ due to the current recruitment embargo. However operations at the college are expected to be cut back.
 Templemore Garda Training College Plans for the 220-acre site at Clonmore, latter situated close to Templemore, Thurles, Co.Tipperary, which was ear marked for use as a firearms and as a tactical training facility three years ago, for €5.5 million, still remain on hold.
Minister Ahern assured Mr Lowry that the College would “not be closed for any period of time not withstanding the current recruitment embargo and the college will remains an integral part of the infrastructure of An Garda Síochána. It will continue to be used to train and up skill existing members of the force.”
Deputy Lowry communicated this information to a specially convened meeting of Templemore town Councillors and North Tipperary Oireachtas representatives in Templemore town hall on Monday night.
The Chief Superintendent Mr Jack Nolan, in charge of the college, has already assured all permanent staff at the college that their positions are safe. There is a problem with the positions of some of the catering staff at the college as they are not officially on the Department of Justice payroll, but a solution is currently being sought.
Deputy Lowry Stated:-
” While undoubtedly I would prefer new recruits to be going through the college and onto our streets, the current embargo gives the Gardaì the opportunity to engage in further training and up skilling for its current personnel. The main problem the force is experiencing at present is the retirement of senior members, and the vacuum of expertise and leadership that this has left. The recruitment freeze allows the Garda College the capacity to allow the training of existing officers for more senior and specialised roles, so that some of this deficit can be addressed.”
All eyes will now be focused on the implementation of changes to garda work practices recommended in last week’s report by the Garda Chief Inspector, former Boston police commissioner Kathleen O’Toole, to see if these changes will in any way effect the college’s future.
Chief Inspector O’Toole, in her recent published report, entitled ‘Resourse Allocation‘, recommends that advantage should be taken of future opportunities to acquire civilian staff with the required skills who may become available through increased mobility across the public service. Future recruitment of police officers should be linked to progress towards achieving an initial minimum target ratio of one member of police staff to every three serving police officers.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) have announced that it is now providing a new free email and SMS text service which will directly inform food allergy sufferers of the presence of allergens in inappropriately labelled foods. Anyone with an interest in this area can now subscribe to this email service here (Click on the Food Allergen Alerts Box before submitting.) to receive these alerts via the FSAI’s website.
 Food allergen alerts will be issued by the FSAI upon receipt of information that a food product poses a risk to certain consumers’ health, due to missing or incorrect allergen labelling.
Food allergen alerts will also be issued to enforcement officers and food businesses. This service has been available since January 26th 2010.
Professor Alan Reilly, Chief Executive, FSAI, stated:
“The ultimate objective of this new notification system is to prevent people who have an established food allergy from purchasing or consuming a food product which may be detrimental to their health. We are also calling on all food manufacturers and processors to regularly review the composition of their final product and ensure that the presence of an allergen is clearly visible on the food label.”
By law, the food manufacturer must also clearly indicate on the label, the name of the ingredient from which the allergen originates.
Mitchel House Restaurant, Mitchel Street, Thurles, is the first Tipperary restaurant to introduce a Tapas Menu .
 Tapas Menu At Mitchel House. The word “Tapas” is derived from the Spanish verb tapar meaning “to cover”. Indeed the word “Tapa” in Spanish means “lid” or “cover”.
There are possibly several explanations for why it has come to denote a type of food:-
• A commonly cited explanation is that an item, be it bread or a flat card, etc., would often be placed on top of a drink to protect it from fruit flies; at some point it became a habit to top this “cover” with a snack.
• It is also commonly said that since one would be standing while eating a tapa in traditional Spanish bars, they would need to place their plates on top of their drinks in order to eat, making it a top.
• Another popular explanation says that the King Alfonso XII stopped by a famous venta (inn) in Cádiz (Andalusian city) where he ordered a cup of sherry. The waiter covered the glass with a slice of cured ham before offering it to the king, to protect the wine from the blowing beach sand, as Cádiz is a windy place. The king, after drinking the wine and eating the tapa, ordered another sherry “with the cover.”
How Best To Partake Of The Tapas Menu At Mitchel House
First piece of advice I will offer is to use a simple approach and order what you want when you want it.
If you are a party of four persons, the most popular way is to order four different dishes to have placed on your table for all to taste and share. Consumers of tapas food are usually people who enjoy good food and wine combined with good conversation in a relaxed unhurried atmosphere and like to try out new dishes. You may then follow with individual dishes for a 2nd or indeed 3rd course and also remember you can always order your dessert from their vast à la carte dessert menu.
Included on the Traditional Tapas Menu at Mitchel House are:-
Patatas Bravas. (Deep fried Potatoes with spicy tomato sauce and garlic mayonnaise.)
Mejillones a la Marinera. (Steamed Mussels with garlic white wine sauce topped with cream.)
Albondigas. (Spanish style meatballs (100% Irish Beef) in a tomato sauce. My personal favourite.)
Pollo al Ajillo. (Roasted Chicken wings in Caramelized garlic, olive oil and herbs.)
Chorizo Castellana. (Hot spicy Spanish sausages with crab apple jelly.)
Ensalada. (Mixed salad with toasted pine nuts, tomatoes, apricots and Cashel blue cheese.)
Mitchel House also offer their own style Tapas food which includes:-
Crab Meat, Sweetcorn and Rice Cakes served with tomato mayonnaise.
Grilled Marinated Beef served with rocket salad and Parmesan cheese.
Fresh Cod in a beer batter with tartare sauce.
Chicken and Wild Mushroom Terrine with marinated red onions.
Portobello Mushrooms with garlic, onion and smoked cheese.
All of the above dishes come keenly priced at just between €6.00 and €7.50 per portion.
Tapas food without wine is like an egg without salt and Mitchel House boasts the finest stocked wine cellar in Tipperary. Try their Moscato Passito (Denominazione Di Origine Controllata.) So its Italian and not Spanish, who cares, it’s just so perfect with mature cheese dishes or any dessert.
Give it a try and remember reservations for the Mitchel House Restaurant can be booked by:-
Phone: 0504-90776
E-Mail Here: mitchelhouse@eircom.net
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