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Noel Coonan Welcomes Funding for Tipperary Roads

Deputy Noel Coonan TD

North Tipperary Fine Gael TD Noel Coonan has welcomed the announcement by his colleague, Transport Minister Leo Varadkar, of €2.6m for road maintenance and improvement works in North Tipperary. The corresponding figure for South Tipperary is €1.13m.

“The road allocations are made by the National Roads Authority to Local […]

Limerick Institute Of Technology Thurles Show “The Way”

In April of this coming year, Thurles resident Commandant Michael Walsh (Retd & former aide de camp to H.E. the President of Ireland), will undertake a 2500k trek on foot. His trek will begin here from Holycross Abbey, Thurles, in Co Tipperary, ending eventually in Santiago de Compostella Galicia in Spain, following the Ancient Pilgrims […]

Tipperary Native Receives French National Order of Merit

Ms Helen Lambert, Nenagh, Co.Tipperary

Ms Helen Lambert, Chief Executive of Lambert + Associates, latter company a luxury retail consultancy based in Paris, has been awarded the coveted “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (National Order of Merit,) by the French government at a reception in the Irish Embassy situated in Paris, France.

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Blarney Stone Is To Be Moved To Dublin Castle

For the past 200 years, literary giants, world statesmen and legends of the silver screen have joined the millions of other tourists intent on kissing the Blarney Stone, thus gaining the gift of eloquent speech. The unrivalled power of this stone has been proven unquestionable as any visitors will confirm after they have leaned backwards, […]

Closure Of Garda Stations Not An Issue In Tipperary

The Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter, announced the Annual Policing Plan for 2013 before the Houses of the Oireachtas recently. His stated aim was to make the force more effective and to reduce its costs significantly.

Under the Ministers plan, some 100 Garda stations will close, while 28 Garda districts will amalgamate into […]