August, 2010 - Thurles Information

Back To School Clothing And Footwear Payments Delayed

Back To School

With the start of the new school year only days away, and many more late applications expected, the Health Service Executive (HSE) admit that a massive 33,192 crucial back-to-school payment forms currently lie unopened nationally.

Parents are being forced to take out Credit Union loans in their efforts to help […]

Kelly’s of Fantane – 100 Jobs To Go.

Kellys of Fantane at work on the N7 motorway

It has now been confirmed that up to 100 jobs are to go in the concrete manufacturer plant at Kellys of Fantane over the coming months. The company’s headquarters which are located at Fantane Quarry halfway between Nenagh and Thurles, Co.Tipperary, currently supply a […]

Lough Derg To Supply Dublin’s Water ?

Part of the beautiful Lough Derg shore line viewed from Co.Tipperary

Branches of the Shannon Protection Alliance in Nenagh, Co Tipperary and Athlone Co. Westmeath have welcomed the setting up of a further lobby group in Limerick, which oppose the plan to extract millions of litres of water from Lough Derg’s shoreline […]