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St Patrick’s Day Celebrated From Outer Space Over Ireland

While many people attended St Patrick Day festivities and various planned parades around the country, few realise that the Irish 2011 festival day was also celebrated in space during Expedition 27 aboard the International Space Station, as this video demonstrates. A very Happy St Patrick’s Day to you the very beautiful NASA Austronaut and Flight […]

US President Barack Obama To Visit Moneygall, Ireland

US President Barack Obama accepts invitation from An Taoiseach Enda Kenny

Its official, US President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation from An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, to visit Moneygall, latter situated on the borders of Offaly and Tipperary, here in Ireland, this coming May.

Speaking at the end of a meeting in the […]

EPA Grants Acorn Recycling, Littleton, A Compost Licence

Acorn Recycling, located close to the village of Littleton, near Thurles, in Co Tipperary, is presently considered one of the most advanced composting facilities of its kind in both Ireland or Britain, with regard to the treatment and recycling of Biological Waste.

The company is now expected to expand its operations considerably further in […]

Tipperary’s Eoin Kelly Visits The White House

Capt Eoin Kelly

Tipperary GAA hurling captain Eoin Kelly has been ruled out of action for the next four weeks after suffering a compound fracture to his finger during the Allianz League Division 1 win over Offaly on Sunday Last.

Kelly also lost a finger nail during the match after he was accidentally […]

Mid-Western Regional Authority Spend €5,000 On Junket

Cllr Ger Fahy, Heads to New York for St Patrick's holiday courtesy the Irish taxpayer.

Following a budgetary meeting of North Tipperary County Council yesterday, it was confirmed that an allocation of €708,000 would now be granted for the upgrading of roads in Thurles and surrounding areas.

However, while our new government has […]