Community News - Thurles Information

Death Of Breeda Maher, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, today Saturday 6th May 2023, of Mrs Breeda Maher (née Ryan Corcoran), Castlefogarty, Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, and formerly of Annacarty, Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by her loving husband Joe; Mrs Maher passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, while in the care of staff at South Tipperary General Hospital.

Her passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by her son Michael, daughters Mary Maher (Thurles), Sadie Mulvany, (Newbridge), Bernie Maher Owens (Roosky) and Marcella Maher Keogh (Loughmore), sons-in-law William, Mark, Eamonn and Martin, daughter-in-law Mary (Treacy), sisters Ena Ryan Bawn, (Cappawhite), Rea Crosbie (New Ross), grandchildren Katie, Clodagh, Enda, Sinead, Charlie and Harry, nieces, nephews, extended relatives, neighbours and many close friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mrs Maher, will repose at her place of residence; Castlefogarty, Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, on Monday afternoon, May 8th, from 5:00pm until 8:00pm same evening.
Her remains will be received into the Church of St. Cataldus, Moneydass, Ballycahill, Thurles on Tuesday morning to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:30am, followed immediately afterwards by interment in Old Inch Cemetery, Inch Lane, Magherareagh, Bouladuff, Co. Tipperary.
For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mrs Maher, same can be viewed, streamed live online HERE.

The extended Maher family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Suaimhneas síoraí dá h-anam dílis.

Death Of Paddy Ryan, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, today Friday 5th May 2023 of Mr Patrick (Paddy) Ryan (Coole), Curreeny Cross, Kilcommon, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his parents Matt and Mary, baby brother Martin; Mr Ryan passed away peacefully, at his place of residence, surrounded by his loving family.

His passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by his loving wife Mai, daughter Cora and son Páidi, brothers Noel, Mattie, his twin Dinny, Phil and Tommy, sisters-in-law, brother-in-law, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, extended relatives, neighbours and a large circle of friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Ryan will repose on Sunday afternoon next, May 7th, at his private residence from 1:30pm until 8:00pm same evening.

His remains will be received into the Church of the Little Flower, Lacken, Curreeny, Co. Tipperary on Monday morning, May 8th, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 12:00 noon, followed by interment immediately afterwards in the adjoining graveyard.

For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mr Ryan, same can be viewed, streamed live online HERE.

The extended Ryan family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Note Please: Family flowers only. Donations in lieu, if desired, to the Irish Cancer Society and/or Milford Hospice

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Dublin Metropolitan Control Centre at Heuston Station Opens.

Minister for Justice, Mr Simon Harris T.D., opens Dublin Metropolitan Control Centre at Heuston Station.

Minister and Garda Commissioner visit new modern premises for call & dispatch operations.
An Garda Síochána, Iarnród Éireann and Dublin City Council to locate together at Heuston station.
New centre another step in strengthening links between An Garda Síochána and transport operators.

Minister for Justice Mr Simon Harris is today opening the new Garda Síochána DMR Control Centre based at the National Train Control Centre at Heuston Station in Dublin.

This state-of-the art new premises, which will house the operations of call takers and dispatchers, is another step forward in modernising An Garda Síochána and strengthening links with public transport operators.

This call and dispatch centre, located on a floor in the new National Train Control Centre in Heuston Station, is the nerve centre to Garda operations in the Dublin Metropolitan region and the personnel working there are the people at the frontline taking sometimes the most challenging and time-sensitive calls.

Iarnród Éireann and Dublin City Council are also expected to locate their control rooms there, in the near future.

The location of An Garda Síochána, Iarnród Éireann and Dublin City Council control centres in the same building will help Gardaí to build upon the already excellent relationships they have with public transport providers, particularly in the event of serious emergencies requiring coordinated responses.

An Garda Síochána also plan to increase their presence in some other stations in the time ahead.

Remarking on the opening, Minister for Justice Simon Harris TD said: “We are committed to building stronger, safer communities by ensuring An Garda Síochána have state of the art premises and allowing for greater co-operation with CIE and Dublin City Council.
I am delighted to join Commissioner Harris in opening these new facilities today
It is crucial that anyone who finds themselves in an emergency situation has the confidence to call 999 and know that their call will be responded to promptly and professionally. I want to thank the call and dispatch staff for affording callers that confidence.
And I look forward to this facility being used jointly by An Garda Síochána, Iarnród Éireann and Dublin City Council to improve public safety.”

The new €40million building was funded by the National Transport Authority under the National Development Plan and is designed to Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) standards.

Functions from Iarnród Éireann and Dublin City Council will be co-located in the building along with the Garda Síochána DMR Control Centre.

The Office of Public Works oversaw the planning and fit-out for the 999 call taking and dispatch centre.

Yes, dear readers, it is still all about Dublin. Read HERE

Bee Friendly Flowers For Liberty Square, Thurles.

“The Town Centre First policy aims to create town centres that function as viable, vibrant and attractive locations for people to live, work and visit, while also functioning as the service, social, cultural and recreational hub for the local community.” – Quote taken from Tipperary Co. Council’s commitment.

Without warning, they struck early this morning. Up came the long ago deceased ‘Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’. Having tossed a coin, left behind was the still barely surviving small group of rather delicate frail and confused, low-maintenance ‘Potentilla Dasiphora fruticosa ‘White Lady‘; the latter well-known for being resistant to attacks by rabbits in rural areas. (Very important to a rural town like Thurles with a large rabbit population).

Yes, I am talking about that large piece of wasteland, (some in their innocence may have called it a flowerbed), located centre on Liberty Square, Thurles, which for well over a year, has replaced some 20 car-parking spaces, thus driving consumers out of the town centre, to surrender their purchasing power to well-known German supermarket chains.

Here at Thurles.Info we decided, (following on in true Tipperary Co. Council fashion), to employ a landscape consultant and I might add not just any English fly-by-night consultancy.
Regardless of expense we sought the services of that long established landscape consultancy firm of ‘Root In The Hole Ltd,’ ©.

In the interests of fair play they decided to invite the local Thurles community, asking them to submit what they would like to see planted on this waste ground and in keeping with Tipperary Co. Council tradition, those who forwarded submissions were ignored on the basis that elected Co. Councillors and their Council Officials know best.

After the area was surveyed by two top gardening experts, employed by ‘Root In The Hole Ltd’©, same forwarded their findings/recommendations in the form of photographic evidence, shown in the video above.
In Root In The Hole’s report, which we won’t be publishing for fear of embarrassing certain individuals. Suffice is to say; sentences containing text like “Worst landscaping ever observed to date”, appear at least 6 times in the report, and a concluding phrase suggests that the ‘Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’, at the very least may have been recovered, having been first dumped from a garden centre, on waste ground, before being planted in Liberty Square.

Then again I suppose we could always cement this piece of waste ground over completely and paint a bird on it.

Readers might wonder about the reference to the 18th century weighing scales in our video; same located today in Co. Galway.
This same weighing scales type, which also was used on Liberty Square, sitting on a quadropod, during this same historical period, has now been located and can be made available to Thurles Municipal District Council.
Same could be erected in the centre of this flower bed, to remind us and any lost foreign tourist, of our humble beginnings when, prior to our Liberty Square down-grading, we had a once busy flourishing town centre.

Public Consultation On Recommendations Of Firearms Expert Committee Launched.

Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Mr James Browne TD, established the Firearms Expert Committee (FEC) on a non-statutory basis, in June of 2022.

The FEC included representation from stakeholders, the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána. The purpose of the FEC was to serve in an advisory capacity to Minister Browne, providing guidance on a wide range of matters related to firearms licensing within the Irish State.

The FEC held nine in-person Committee meetings over a period of nine months.

The final reports of the FEC were published on the 31st March 2023. The reports, along with the summaries and minutes of the FEC’s meetings are available HERE.

These FEC reports contain recommendations to the Minister on a wide range of firearms matters, in line with its comprehensive terms of reference. Minister Browne has stated throughout the FEC process that no changes to policy or legislation arising from any of the recommendations of the FEC will be implemented without prior consultation with stakeholders.

With this aim, Minister Browne has now launched an online consultation platform. This will allow stakeholders to indicate their level of support for all of the substantive recommendations of the FEC. This consultation platform is available HERE.

In addition to the online consultation platform Minister Browne will invite national representative organisations to make open submissions to him on behalf of their membership.

Minister Browne would encourage as many people and organisations as possible to participate in the online consultation, so that everyone with an interest in these important matters can have their voices heard. The online consultation will close on Friday June 2nd 2023.