Thurles Information

Tipperary Roads Policing Unit Host Seminar For Secondary School Students.

Tipperary Roads Policing Unit Host Seminar For Secondary School Students In Garda Training College, Templemore, Co. Tipperary earlier this week.

Tipperary Roads Policing Unit hosted a seminar in the Garda Training College in Templemore, Co. Tipperary earlier this week. Same was attended by some 400 students from Secondary schools across the towns of Thurles, Templemore and Roscrea in north Co. Tipperary.

The Lifesaver Project #BeALifesaver was presented by the Tipperary Road Safety Team consisting of; Garda Anastasia Murphy, Garda Eamonn Rhatigan, Garda Jamie Ryan and Garda Kevin McGuinness.

Two crash survivors, namely Mr Barry Murphy and Ms Gráinne Kealy, very kindly shared their personal experiences with the assembled student cohort.

The event was also attended by the ‘Road Safety Authority of Ireland’, who provided students with Virtual Reality Simulations.
Tipperary Roads Policing Unit, demonstrated the latest in vehicles and the technology used, as part of their daily policing duties which generated huge interaction from all participants.

Mná Month Continues At Cashel Library.

Ms Maura Barrett, (Cashel Library) Reports:-

Mná Month Continues At Cashel Library.

Tomorrow, Friday 22nd March beginning, at 10:00am – ‘Write Minds’ Poetry Workshop With Jenny Cox and Eileen Acheson.
‘Write Minds’ welcome all emerging writers to join them for a 2 hour Poetry Writing Workshop. This will be a safe and fun space to develop your writing skills, using their creative prompts.
Refreshments Served.

Saturday afternoon 23rd March, beginning at 2:00pm – Herb Craft with Melanie Lorien
Learn how to make bespoke traditional Folkloric Charms, Amulets, Incense and Talismans, utilising organic plants and herbs and foraged nature items.

Booking is essential in advance of your attendance for both events, so please do contact Tel: No. 062-63825.

You can locate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX)

Death Of Eileen Ryan, Formerly Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death yesterday, Wednesday 20th March 2024, of Mrs Eileen Ryan (née Kelly) Hillview, Dublin Road, Johnstown, Kilkenny, and formerly of Georgespark, Gortnahoe, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by her beloved husband Martin, sisters Bridget, Margaret and Christina; Mrs Ryan passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, while in the care of staff at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny city, Co. Kilkenny.

Her passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her family; Stephen, Christine, Aidan, Martina (Butler), Teresa (Clarke) and Maria (Duffy), daughters-in-law Audrey and Ita, sons-in-law P.J., Declan and Barry, 15 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, brother Hugh, sister Maureen, sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mrs Ryan will repose at her place of residence (Eircode E41 HP68), on Friday afternoon, March 22nd, from 4:00pm until 8:00pm same evening.
Her remains will be received into the Church of St. Kieran Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny, on Saturday morning, March 23rd, to further repose for Requiem Mass, at 11:00am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in St. Kieran’s Cemetery, Johnstown, Co Kilkenny.

For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mrs Ryan, same can be viewed, streamed live online, [link to be published later].

The extended Ryan and Kelly families 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.

Suaimhneas síoraí dá h-anam dílis i dteannta na Naomh agus na n-aingeal.

Death Of Doreen Duke, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death yesterday, Wednesday 20th March 2024, of Mrs Doreen Duke (née Crowe), Killenaule, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Cootehill, Co. Cavan.

Pre-deceased by her husband Ned, parents Edmund and Bridget, brothers Dan, John and Connie, her sister Peggy (McGrath); Mrs Duke passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, while in the care of staff at Haywood Lodge, Heywood Rd, Cooleens, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

Her passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by her family; Joan (Ryan), brothers Paddy (Crowe), Tommy (Crowe), Breda (Bourke) and Moira (Cullivan), her neices and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mrs Duke will repose at her nephew Peter Cullivan’s home at River Street, Killenaule, Thurles, [E41 HX50] on Friday afternoon, March 22nd from 5:00pm until 8:00pm same evening.
Her remains will be received into the Church of St Mary, Bailey Street, Killenaule, Thurles, to further repose for Requiem Mass on Saturday morning, March 23rd at 11:00am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in Crosscannon Cemetery, Killenaule, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

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

The extended Duke and Crowe families 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.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.

Thurles News Summary – March 20th 2024.

Thurles Town News In Brief.

Thurles.Info’s ‘eye in the sky’ sent back some rather disturbing images this morning. The first issue was the wanton destruction, by some ‘uncouth barbarians’, of public bench-seating, situated in the Cabragh-Ballycurrane area, close to the now redundant old Sugar Factory and closer still to the Thurles Top Oil Depot, on Route 659, south west of Thurles town.

Over this St Patrick’s weekend, vandals struck, severely damaging community seating, which had a wheelchair accessible plinth (rectangular block base).

**Public bench-seating in Thurles destroyed in an act of vandalism.**

As locals are probably aware, this facility, over the years, was been widely used by both young, old and infirmed, e.g. those attending the Thurles Rehab Care Resource Centre, and in more recent times the Ukrainian Refugees, based at the old Sugar Factory, on Cabra Road.

This bench-seating plinth, was put in place, and paid for, some years ago by the local residents association in conjunction with Thurles Lions Club. This weekend was the first time that it was vandalised and sprayed with paint.

Hopefully our local authority will see the benefit in rushing out, to undertake necessary repairs to this community seating.

Our second image demonstrates a failure brought about, once again, by Tipperary Co. Council’s failure to employ qualified engineers.
The picture, immediately above, shows yet another bent signpost, adding to the very large number of other bent and misleading signposts, stretched right across the town, being ignored for years.

The third picture, however, was the most upsetting personally for me. You will remember I broke the news that Thurles were in the lead to win 5 national awards in the “National Pothole Awards Competition”.

Sadly, this act carried out at 10:45 Greenwich Mean Time, this morning, will, I greatly fear, put an end to any hope of our 5 awards, as promised.

**Yet Another Three Day, Single, Crater Filling, Exercise**.

As you can see from the image above, our ‘Eye in the Sky’ caught a glimps of a JCB attempting, for the second time in just 6 days, to fill the same single pothole on Kickham Street, Dublin Road, Thurles.
Thankfully, none of the other 48 craters were filled in, so I suppose we should be grateful to the town’s Administrator, her local Engineer and the Chief Executive of the County Council.

One nearby neighbour, in an effort to remove my frustration and my down cast fizzog, said that the new crater filling, put in place this morning, should be gone again, over the next two days, and hopefully long before the adjudicators reach their expected final decisions. (So least said in case judges are out and about).
Luckily the JCB operator left the filling to exiting traffic, to put pressure on the craters filling, in the knowledge that he would be back again on Friday or Monday, at the latest.

It’s a funny country, our little Ireland; we give out about the cost of medical health issues and funds spent by the HSE, yet we ignore, completely, the sheer waste of taxpayer money spent at Local Government and Municipal District Council level.