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Vague Pre-School Year Proposals - Fine Gael Challenges Government

North Tipperary TD Deputy Noel Coonan wants the Government to outline exact number of North Tipperary children who will be eligible under the new Pre-Schools Scheme.

Numerous North Tipperary children may be unable to avail of this scheme promised by the Government in last April’s budget because the scheme’s capped payment is below what some child [...]

North Tipperary Firefighters Bound For Labour Relations Commission

Local firefighters have referred their ongoing wages dispute with the North Tipperary County Council to the Labour Relations Commission and could yet resort to strike action.

Local representatives this week informed a meeting of North Tipperary Co Council of their concern that the dispute, which first began last year, had not as yet been resolved. The [...]

Local Fresh Produce Crippled by Foreign Imports - Deputy Noel Coonan

“Replacing local fresh high quality produce with foreign imports is crippling the Irish Farming Community”  stated Deputy Noel Coonan

North Tipperary’s farming community is being brought to its knees by a Fianna Fail Government, which continually fails to protect farmers and the food industry, according to Deputy Noel Coonan. The Deputy’s comments relate to [...]

Maireád And Philip – Their Smiles Say It All

The church of  the Sacred Heart, Templetuohy, Thurles, Co.Tipperary was the venue chosen by beautiful bride Maireád Fogarty and groom Philip O’Dea, for their recent marriage ceremony.

The ceremony was performed in the midst of truly magnificent floral arrangements and in front of a large congregation of family and friends.

Chief celebrant for the occasion was the [...]

Give Your Bride A Rolls Royce Silver Cloud On Her Wedding Day

The Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 111 Long Wheel Base, to which I refer, is one of just 254 such models ever produced worldwide. The only one of its kind in Ireland presently, this truly amazing piece of automotive history was first commissioned by William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (Bill Astor) in 1963.

As it [...]

Collette Fitzpatrick And Niall McDermott Wed

TV brunette beauty Collette Fitzpatrick was married quietly in her village church in Holycross Abbey, Thurles, Co.Tipperary yesterday.

The 34 year old TV3 News Anchor, midday TV Hostess and natural beauty, married her 36year old boyfriend of five years standing, Station Director Niall McDermott.

In the quiet of this historic Abbey, approximately twenty guests, mainly family and [...]

Cork Meets Tipperary And They Marry

Normally when Cork meet Tipperary in Thurles the honour of the game of hurling is very much at stake and to be honest there is no great love lost.  However today when Cork and Tipperary met the atmosphere was very, very different.

Today, Cork man Declan Healy and Tipperary woman, the very lovely Martina Felle, were [...]

Ireland – A Nation That Speaks With Their Ears

If you’re anything like me, when you see those distinctive white headphones in the distance you sometimes  wonder about what those people are listening to on their iPods.

What’s that guy beside me on the bus listening to?  How about that girl sitting across from me on the train, or how about the guy rhythmically nodding [...]

Countrywide Date Rape Warning

A large quantity of prescription drugs including more than 83,000 Rohypnolis tablets, have been stolen from a pharmaceutical company in north Co.Dublin.

Rohypnolis, widely known as a ‘Date Rape’ drug, incapacitates its victim and prevent them from resisting sexual assault. The drug commonly referred to in street slang as a “roofie” can be administered by adding [...]

Weld AIB Bank’s Top Brass To Wind Turbines As Rotating Monuments

Frank  Mockler, a local farmer from Thurles in Co. Tipperary, suggested to those assembled at the recent AIB bank’s AGM that the “top brass” in AIB should now be welded to wind turbines to stand as “rotating monuments to our national greed”.

Some shareholders present were highly amused at his vision, but Mr Mockler, who was [...]

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