May, 2009 - Thurles Information

Primary And Post-Primary Schools – Welcome Return Of Summer Works Scheme

All primary and post-primary schools in Co Tipperary are expected to benefit from the welcome return this year of the Summer Works Scheme.

Indeed over 1,180 small and medium-scale building works are expected to get under way in 967 primary and post-primary schools across the country this Summer as part of an €80 million Government […]

Decentralisation – 5,000 Public Servants Deferred

Latest official figures show that decentralisation plans for over 5,000 public servants have been deferred, while just 2,500 people have moved under the plan announced in 2003.

The figures from the Department of Finance show that another 3,500 public servants are still in the process of being decentralised but have not yet been moved.

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Ol’ Blue Eyes Comes To Thurles – Sinatra Concert will feature Sean Hession

On Friday May 22nd next, Thurles Lions Club are proud to present “Frankly Sinatra” in the Premier Hall, Thurles, Co Tipperary. This Sinatra Concert will feature Sean Hession together with his six piece band and special guest star Louis Stewart.

Total proceeds from this concert are in aid of two deserving local charities, namely The […]

Tipperary Casualties of the Great War – Book Of The Month

Those of us who have tried to trace personnel killed, missing or injured during World War One will have found this task difficult, to say the least. However, now, for those of you searching for information on Tipperary soldiers the task has become much easier, due to the publication of a new book entitled “Tipperary […]

North Tipperary Unemployment More Than Doubles in One Year

Approximately 2,975 North Tipperary people joined the unemployment register in the last year. With 5,705 people now on the ‘Live Unemployment Register” in North Tipperary and a prediction that one in six workers nationally will be out of work by the end of the year, Deputy Noel Coonan is calling on the Government to support […]