December, 2009 - Thurles Information

Budget Vote Could Be In Doubt If Hoctor Misses Vote

Batt O'Keeffe's Letter to Deputy Lowry

Backbencher Ms Maire Hoctor TD, who was sacked as a Junior Minister by Taoiseach Brian Cowen last year, was not present for a number of tight votes in Dail Eireann recently.

Truth is that in the past three weeks Ms Hoctor has only voted possibly twice out […]

Enhance Corporate Social Responsibility Say Thurles Fairtrade

Thurles Fairtrade Town Committee are asking all workplaces in Thurles to switch to products carrying the Fairtrade Mark as a meaningful way to make a real difference to the lives of farmers and workers in developing countries.

Thurles became a Fairtrade Town in December 2005 and each year we are required to audit the […]

President Mary McAleese To Visit Templemore

Irish President Mrs Mary McAleese

It was on the 7th of December 1959 that the first 12 Irish women graduated as members of An Garda Síochána from the Garda Headquarters at the Phoenix Park depot, Dublin.

Today there were now more than 3,000 female members, with women accounting for approx 22 per cent […]

Cheap Peat Briquettes At Bord Na Mona Factory

This information hereunder may be of help to those of you attempting to make some savings on your necessary winter fuel bill this Christmas.

Currently, peat briquettes are retailing in your local shops at an average cost of €3.85 per bale.

However, direct from the factory the price is considerably less at around €3.03 per […]

Tipperary Folk Legend Liam Clancy Passes On

Tipperary folk legend Liam Clancy died at about midday last Friday, aged 74, at the Bons Secours Hospital, in Co Cork, surrounded, as he would have wished, by his beloved wife Kim and daughters Siobhan and Fiona.

He had lost his long battle with pulmonary fibrosis, the same disease which his brother Bobby died of, […]