June, 2011 - Thurles Information

Templemore Garda College Will Remain Open

Noel Coonan with Alan Shatter

Minister Alan Shatter has assured Deputy Noel Coonan that Templemore Garda College will remain open. The Minister for Justice Alan Shatter addressed Templemore Town Council last Thursday where he passionately assured all present that: “There was never ever any doubt of any description that Templemore Garda College would […]

Tipperary Target Australian Tourists

Australian breakfast TV watchers will this week get a glimpse of some of Ireland’s key tourist attractions, including outlaw Ned Kelly’s Tipperary connection.

Emma Freeman

‘Today’s,’ weather presenter the lovely Emma Freeman will entice Aussie holidaymakers to come to visit Ireland, as she delivers live weather bulletins from various locations across Ireland over […]

Michael D Higgins Halts O’Meara Presidential Hopes

Michael D. Higgins has won his party’s nomination to contest the Presidential Election, defeating Fergus Finlay and Kathleen O’Meara, at a Labour Party convention in Dublin this afternoon.

Some 52 TDs, senators and MEPS were joined by 14 members of the Labour Party’s executive council for this afternoons selection process which ended with Mr Michael […]

AIMS 2011 Results

June each year, ‘Come hell or high water,’ dozens of Ireland’s top musical societies make their annual pilgrimage down to the capital of the Kerry kingdom, to Killarney, to the highly coveted Association of Irish Musical Societies awards (AIMS). Why not, afterall this event is the Oscars of Irish Amateur Musical theatre, embracing the thirty […]

Thurles By-Pass Why Are We Waiting

Last Friday afternoon traffic was at a total stand still, stretched between the Drish Bridge on the Dublin road to the pedestrian traffic lights on Liberty Square here in Thurles town centre. In the traffic chaos waiting patiently, apart from the ordinary domestic vehicles, was a large truck with Kelly’s of Fantane markings attempting to […]