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Competition Time Courtesy Thurles Supervalu.

This evening we bring you a competition, with the prize coming courtesy of Supervalu, Friar Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary [E41 EF10].

Competition Question:

State where in Thurles can the picture, shown immediately hereunder, is located. Please state address in full.

Note: Above picture is in plain view, every day, to all Thurles residents.

Readers will remember the occasion on which out-of-date Supervalu brochures were dumped on Kickham Street in the town. A full acceptable explanation and an apology has since been conveyed by Supervalu management and as a token of good will, they have donated to us one bottle of Spanish Red Wine, “Vina Albali Cabernet Tempranillo” and a box of “Ferrero Rocher chocolate” for us to raffle, amongst residents of Thurles Town only.

First person to contact us on Facebook with the correct answer to the above question, will benefit from this generous good-will gesture.

The winner will be notified by return as to where the prize can be collected and the winner’s name will be published on Facebook.

Note: Property owner and Thurles.Info personnel are prohibited from taking part.

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‘Feelings’ – A Poem By Tom Ryan.

Snowdrops

Feelings.

Poem Courtesy of Thurles Author & Poet, Tom Ryan ©

Would you trample, with great boots,
On a snowdrop in a field ?
Would you crush a little butterfly,
With a fist ?
Then best be gentle,
With a woman’s feelings always,
Or she might sting,
For your rebuff,
With all that you deserve.


END

Tom Ryan, “Iona”, Rahealty, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

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Death Of Richard McCormack, Formerly Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, today Wednesday 8th March 2023, of Mr Richard McCormack, (former member of the defence forces) No. 23 Ard Glass, Monaghan Town, Co Monaghan and formerly of Mullinahone, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his parents Patrick and Mary and his sister Maura (Carey); Mr McCormack passed away peacefully at Blackwater House, St. Davnet’s Campus, Roosky, Co. Monaghan.

His passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by his loving wife Bridget, brothers John and Patsy, sisters Kathleen, Jojo and Bernie, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, extended relatives and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr McCormack will repose at McElvaney Funeral home, Church Square, Tirkeenan, Co. Monaghan on Wednesday afternoon, March 8th from 5:00pm until 8:00pm same evening, and on Thursday afternoon, March 8th from 5:00pm until 8:00pm same evening.

His remains will be received into St. Macartan’s Cathedral, No. 20-26 Old Armagh Rd, Latlorcan, Co. Monaghan on Friday morning at 10:30am, to further repose for Funeral Mass at 11:00am.
Interment will take place immediately afterwards in nearby St. Joseph’s New cemetery, Latlurcan, Monaghan.

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

The extended McCormack 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: House strictly private.


Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

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Closure Order Issued For Fethard Restaurant-Café.

On February 3rd last, a HSE closure order, under Regulation 30 of the European Union (Official Controls in relation to Food Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 79 of 2020) was issued to Mr Richard Gleeson, with an address at Dooks Dunes Ltd., Dooks Fine Foods, Kerry Street, Fethard, Co. Tipperary.

The closure order states:
“I being an authorised officer of the Health Service Executive under the Food Safety Authority of
Ireland Act, 1998 and S.I. No. 79 of 2020, and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Regulation 30 of S.I. No. 79 of 2020, hereby direct that all or part of the business, it’s establishments, holdings or other premises including internet sites or social media sites, specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, be ceased with immediate effect until the earliest of :

(i) An order to contrary effect by a Court of competent jurisdiction.
(ii) Further written direction by the Health Service Executive.

I make this order being of the opinion that there is failure to comply with food legislation for the particular reasons set out in Part 2 of the Schedule and being of the opinion that all of the activities of the business concerned and, where relevant, of the internet sites or social media sites it operates or employs, to which the order relates as identified in Part 1 of the Schedule be ceased.

This Closure Order further directs that:
All the business, its establishments, holdings or other premises be closed.

The Legislation Infringed:
Non compliance: The food business operators did not put in place, implement and maintain a permanent procedure or procedures based on the HACCP principles. Adequate HACCP based procedures had not been put in place and implemented for the production of parsley mayonnaise, beetroot hummus, rocket pesto and chicken and chorizo bap.

The results of microbiological analysis of official samples of the aforementioned products on 01/02/2023 found unsatisfactory levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli).
*The presence of E.Coli in the parsley mayonnaise, beetroot hummus, rocket pesto and chicken and chorizo bap, indicates that faecal pathogens may also be present or that poor hygiene practices occurred during processing and /or post processing.

The closure order is dated 03/02/2023.

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Tipperary Peace Prize Awarded To Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

On today, March 8th 2023 International Women’s Day the Belarusian political opposition leader Mrs Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been awarded the Tipperary International Peace in recognition of her ongoing efforts in seeking democracy in Belarus.
Mrs Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ran in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election after her husband Mr Sergei Tsikhanouskaya was arrested and imprisoned; when he announced his intention to contest same election.

Currently, Ms Tsikhanouskaya is wanted by the state of Belarus for conspiracy to seize state power, the creation of an extremist formation, and public calls for the seizure of power. In March 2023 she was sentenced in-absentia to a 15-year jail term.

No stranger to north Co. Tipperary, Mrs Tikhanouskaya spent some time as a child here; having been brought over to stay in the area following radiation-hit areas, occasioned immediately after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. In 2021 Mrs Tsikhanouskaya met with political leaders in Dublin, after which she returned to Roscrea to rekindle old friendships with her former host family.

After his arrest in the city of Hrodna, to-date the husband of Mrs Tsikhanouskaya; Sergei, remains in solitary confinement in a Belarus prison, despite Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, both having condemned the Belarusian authorities’ arrests of Mr Tsikhanovsky and the broader crackdown by Belarusian authorities on opposition figures; journalists and bloggers.

Past recipients of Tipperary Peace Award
Past recipients of the Tipperary Peace Award have included the late Mr Nelson Mandela, Pakistani student Ms Malala Yousafzai, the late ambassador Mrs Jean Kennedy Smith and her brother the late senator Mr Edward Kennedy, former presidents Mrs Mary Robinson and Mrs Mary McAleese, and former UN secretary-general Mr Ban Ki-moon.

Tipperary Peace Convention has also announced that it will recognise the Irish Defence Forces for their 65 year’s service on peacekeeping missions, in other parts of the world since 1958.

The 2022 Tipperary Peace Award award will be presented, to Mrs Tsikhanouskaya, at a ceremony near Tipperary Town in May of this year, 2023.

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