November 8, 2011 - Thurles Information

Name Change For LIT Campuses Possible

Dr. Maria G. Hinfelaar, President LIT.

Confirming Limerick Institute of Technology’s (LIT) new national strategy, which is to develop into a technological university, Dr Maria Hinfelaar president of the Institute, has hinted that a change of name may be one of the Universities considerations in the near future.

Due to rapid expansion, LIT […]

Fire At Ely’s Centra Supermarket

Ely's Centra Supermarket

The popular busy, late opening Ely’s Centra Supermarket at Slievenamon Road, Thurles, was forced to close this evening following a small fire, which overwhelmed the premises in dense smoke.

Thankfully no customers or staff were injured as a result of the blaze, which appears to have broken out in a […]

Thurles Man Guilty To Possession Of Cannabis

Cannabis Resin

The Herald newspaper reports today, that James McDonald aged 63, of Iona Avenue, Thurles, Co Tipperary, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis resin with intent to sell or supply at his shop, “Get Up And Grow,” a “head store-type shop” selling plants and growing material, at Great Strand Street, Dublin 1, […]