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New Integrated Transport System On Barry’s Bridge

A new integrated transport ticketing system called the Leap Card, has been announced today for, yes you guessed it, the Greater Dublin area. As many as 40,000 holders of smart cards on Iarnrod Eireann (30,000) and Luas (10,000), will immediately have their cards replaced with these Leap cards.

North Tipperary’s TD Alan Kelly was on […]

Thurles Water Mains Rehabilitation €1.29 million Approved

Old Water Mains

Water charges are definitely on the cards or else all the leaking water mains in Dublin are now fixed. This statement is borne out by the fact that grant assistance of €1.29 million has been approved for proposals to carry out extensive water mains rehabilitation work in the Thurles area, […]

Kickham Barracks Clonmel To Close

Kickham Barracks, Clonmel.

It is officially confirmed this afternoon that Kickham Barracks, Waterford Road, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary is to close as part of the Governments Comprehensive Review of Expenditure. Despite protests from the families of Army personnel, Minister for Defence Alan Shatter made the announcement, following a Cabinet meeting at lunchtime today.

No […]

Mark Fielding – No Vision People Perish

“A speech worthy of a wider audience,” was how Tom Noone, the acting Master of Ceremonies, ably described it on Saturday night last, on the occasion of a banquet, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Thurles Credit Union. Fully supporting Tom’s remark, Thurles.Info is proud to publish, in full, the text of this […]

Two Men Shot In Templemore

Two local men are being treated in hospital following a shooting incident at Townpark, Templemore, Thurles, Co Tipperary, at about 2.00 am this morning.

The men, aged 20 and 22, were taken to South Tipperary General Hospital. While their injuries are stated not to be life threatening, one of the men has since been transferred […]