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No New Garda Recruits For Templemore Training College

The final group of 126 student Gardai will graduates from the Garda College in Templemore, Co Tipperary, next Thursday and there will now be no new students in training, due to the moratorium on recruitment with effect from that date.

Presently, there is no indication when any further new students will begin training at the […]

Restoration Of Portumna Bridge Nearing Completion

Bridge being replaced in 2008.

Restoration work currently being undertaken on Portumna Bridge is nearing completion. A works programme costing in the region of €2 million has been underway, on this five-span road bridge over the Shannon, since October of last year.

North Tipperary Co Council have now been informed that this prolonged […]

Korean TV Documentary To Feature Thurles

Sunyoung Lee, Film Coordinator and Ji-Dong Joo who visited Thurles recently.

Representatives of Munhwa Broadcasting Corp (MBC) visited Thurles recently with a view to making a two part film documentary for South Korean broadcasting, based on the Irish Potato.

The representatives, led by Miss Sunyoung Lee, Film Crew Coordinator, were met by a […]

Faddan More Psalter Yet Another Piece of Tipperary Abroad

Faddan More Psalter

Yet another piece of Tipperary treasure went on show yesterday, to the benefit of Dublin City’s local economy.

I refer of course to the historical Faddan More Psalter, a book of psalms possibly as old as the Book of Kells, dated around 800AD and found by turf cutters in 2006 […]

Cantwell Quality Water Tipperary Supplied Flora Mini Marathon

Congratulations to Siobhain O’Doherty from Nenagh, County Tipperary, who ran in yesterdays 10km Dublin Flora Women’s Mini Marathon, coming second in a time of 35 minutes and 31 seconds, just three seconds behind the overall winner Caitríona Jennings from county Donegal.

Well done also to the 40,057 other women who took part in this annual […]