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Holycross Bi-Weekly Market Huge Success On Saturday Last.

A multitude of consumers turned out to support the first local Village Market held in Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary on Saturday last.

“From a needle to an anchor” can be found at Holycross Market.

This first Bi-Weekly Market was officially blessed by Rev. Fr. Celsus Tierney (Parish Priest Holycross) and officially opened by Mr Paddy Hayes (Holycross Tidy Village Association) and Mrs Ann Lanigan (Village Committee Member).

It was truly great to witness the many visitors in attendance and the skilled locals, of all ages, trading on the day. Despite unsettled weather, most of those selling fresh produce were sold out within the first hour of trading.

A huge ‘Thank You’ must go to Fr. Tierney, Holycross parish, Holycross committee, local Tidy Village Association members, the stewards, vendors, musicians, Cormackstown Heritage Centre, Mairead Ryan and most of all to the members of public who came in search of fresh local produce and the many other attractive hand made goods.

The Village Market look forward to welcoming everyone on Saturday next May 29th; (1:00pm to 3:00pm) and every second week thereafter.

MSD Pharma Company To Build New €140 Million Tipperary Facility.

Pharmaceutical company MSD Ireland, which is part of the US giant Merck, is planning to build a new €140 million manufacturing facility, [3,266sqm in size and 20.75m high] alongside their successful existing plant in Ballydine, Co. Tipperary.

Planning documents are understood to have been submitted to Tipperary County Council with the proposed scheme, same expected to create some 300 construction jobs over the life of the construction period, understood to take 18 months.

MSD, which employs some 2,700 people in the Irish Republic, said the proposed facility was needed to address a manufacturing need to produce small volume, highly effective drugs, to meet increasing product demands. An example of these types of medicines are those used for chemotherapy products.

The Ballydine site first opened in 1976 and currently employs some 500 highly skilled individuals. The site has API and Formulation facilities for the manufacture of commercial products and the development of new products.
They invested €75 million between 2014 and 2017, furthering their commitment to the manufacturing site with 20 of MSD’s pipeline products undertaken at this state-of-the-art research and commercialisation facility; exporting products to approximately 25 countries around the world for further processing.

Thurles Firefighter Vacancies

Applications are invited for the position of part-time firefighter with the following Brigade units: – Thurles, Borrisokane, Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir, Cashel, Clonmel, Cloughjordan, Nenagh, Newport, Roscrea, Templemore, and Tipperary Town.

Possition offers a possible average annual earnings of €15,000 to €20,000 Per Annum.

Panels may be created from which vacancies arising, during the lifetime of these panels, will be filled. Depending on the number of applications received, shortlisting of candidates may be necessary. Shortlisting will be based on the information on each individual application form.

Application forms and further particulars are available on HERE or by e-mail from recruitment@tipperarycoco.ie, with whom completed and typed application forms must be returned by a date not later than 4.00pm on Wednesday, 27th January, 2021.

Only application forms received via e-mail will be accepted.

Note: Garda Vetting also applies to this post.

Germinal Holdings To Move Operational Base To Thurles.

The seeds and grain firm Germinal Holdings, founded in 1825; latter which supplies high-grade grass seeds, fertilisers and wild flowers for use in agriculture and sports arenas, has made the decision to move its operational base from Banbridge, Co. Down, to relocate at its existing premises at Thurles Road, Ballytarsna, Horse & Jockey, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Their decision comes as part of a wider strategy to further improve their operational efficiency.

While their decision will see a transfer of its head office function to Belfast, Co. Antrim, its operational base will be in Thurles, where Germinal has already invested heavily in a new production and distribution facility.

Employing 81 staff; the company had sales of £27.6 million and grew profits of £5.2 million during its last trading year.

The company are accelerating their investment in digital and e-commerce technologies, which is seen as major growth opportunity for their business.

Germinal Holdings presently remain the largest family-owned seed firm in the UK and Ireland.

Plans For New Housing Development In Thurles.

**Dún Lia, Lognafulla, Dublin Road, Thurles**, **Co. Tipperary** *[Shaded in Blue.]*

Permission has been granted to Ormonde Homes (Thurles) Ltd, for a new 63-house development initiative, here in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, subject to 23 added planning conditions by Tipperary County Council.

Ormonde Homes (Thurles) Ltd, was first established as a company on Wednesday December 11th 2019, for the purpose of Developing Building Projects. They submitted their original plans for a new building project at Dún Lia, Lognafulla, Dublin Road, Thurles (South of St. Patrick’s Graveyard), to Tipperary Co. Council, on May 26th 2020, for the 63 unit dwelling house development.

The now granted planning application for the 63 dwellings, which consists of 21 x 1 two bed bungalows, 36 x 1 three-bed units and 6 x 1 four-bed units, will commence subject to the attached 23 conditions specified by Tipperary Co. Council.