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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, […]

The Social Welfare Investigation

Department of Social Protection

I suppose it was the day every employer fears, the unexpected arrival mid month, of the officious brown envelope, bearing the insignia of a black harp.

Patrick Ryan, an elderly Tipperary farmer, received such a letter from the Department of Social Protection recently. The letter stated that they suspected […]

George Mordaunt’s Remarkable Story Shepherd’s Pie

Author George Mordaunt will speak on Family Business, Recession & Recovery, at the Horse & Jockey Hotel on Tuesday next, the 8th November at 6.30pm.

George Mordaunt’s family car business in Clonmel was one of the huge success stories during the boom years, but alas came crashing down in spectacular fashion, when this current recession […]

Masked Vandals Smash Car Windows

Picture Of Golf Club Used In Car Attack

It has come to the attention of Thurles.info that a gang of masked vandals smashed several car windows and did other damage along Kickham Street and in Monakeeba early last Tuesday Morning. A golf club was used to smash the back windows of several cars […]