August, 2010 - Thurles Information

A Message For Leaving Cert Students

Irish Leaving Certificate Students got their long awaited results last week. Helplines were very busy over the past few days as nervous students and their parents called to consult with guidance counsellors manning telephones and offering future hope and assistance.

Per reports approximately 4,000 ordinary level student callers have failed mathamatics. This has left them […]

Noel Coonan Launches New Website

The launch of Fine Gael Deputy Noel Coonan’s new website will take place on Friday 27th of August in Long Charlie’s Pub, Nenagh with an opportunity, on that night, to win tickets to ‘Guns N’ Roses‘ together with accommodation following their gig in D4 Hotels, Dublin. The event will include food and music from the […]

Tipperary Trees Affected By Phytophthora Ramorum

Phytophthora Ramorum or Sudden Oak Death

IRELAND’S trees could soon be under serious attack from a recently identified deadly disease, which experts have warned, poses a huge threat to Irish biodiversity and could spell disaster for the country’s few remaining native forests.

The Department of Agriculture confirmed this week that it was […]

GAA Club Games Postponed To Avoid Injury

Brendan Maher

The Tipperary County Board have correctly postponed six local club fixtures which were scheduled for next weekend, to prevent members of Liam Sheedy’s squad from incurring injury ahead of next month’s All-Ireland final .

The Tipperary senior hurling boss is understood to have met with County Board officials to discuss the […]