Thurles Racing Fixture Rescheduled Again Due To Weather

Thurles Racecourse have postponed their next meeting, scheduled for Saturday next, until the following day Sunday. The Tipperary venue was once again found to be unraceable on Friday morning due to heavy frost.

A further inspection will be held at 3.00pm on Saturday and racing is scheduled and now expected to take place there on [...]

Schools To Battle For Credit Union Schools Quiz Honours

Thurles Credit Union

Local schools have been invited to participate in the first stage of the nationwide 2010 Credit Union School’s Quiz competition, being run by Thurles Credit Union in the Thurles Sarsfield’s GAA Club Centre on Friday 29th January 2010 at 7.30pm.

Over 25,000 schoolchildren under the age of 13 will compete in [...]

Almost 200 People In North Tipp Join Dole In December

Dole Queue

Latest CSO figures revealing an additional 188 people joined the dole queue in North Tipperary over the month of December. This is a rise of 3% from 6,385 to 6,573.

Over the month of December, Nenagh’s local office saw the largest jump with 96 extra people signing on. The corresponding figure in [...]

Drinking Water Being Tested For High Levels Of Nitrogen

Six local authorities including North Tipperary and South Tipperary, have been testing drinking water after 210 tonnes of urea were spread on national roads in order to melt snow and ice during the recent cold spell.

This followed advice from the National Emergency Response Co-Ordination Committee (NERCC) who advised the National Roads Authority (NRA) to [...]