June, 2010 - Thurles Information

Banking Crisis Reports

The report by the Central Bank Governor, Patrick Honohan, clearly indicates that the Irish banking crisis was caused by excessive land and property lending by the Irish banks themselves and he confirms that the failure of Wall Street’s Lehman Brothers was “not decisive”.

So in brief, although International pressure somewhat contributed to the intensity of […]

Major General Sean McCann – New Chief Of Staff

Major General Sean McCann Chief of Staff, Defence Forces

The Cabinet has accepted the nomination, by Irish Defence Minister Tony Killeen, of Major General Sean McCann, as the new Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces.

In accepting this post, Major General McCann paid great tribute to his predecessor, Lieut General Dermot Earley, […]

Leaving Cert – You Will All Be Just Fine

Tomorrow is D Day for thousands of students the length and breadth of this country as they prepare to sit English Paper 1 in both the Junior and Leaving Certificate.

It’s a very stressful “make or break” time for every student involved and on behalf of everyone here at Thurles.info, we want to wish each […]

Templemore Garda Training College – 100 New Recruits

About 100 trainees are to be recruited in the first Garda enrolment since the imposition of the jobs embargo in 2009.

Earlier this year at the Garda Training College here in Templemore Co.Tipperary, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern indicated that a new recruitment campaign would be implemented in late 2010.

Templemore Garda Training […]

Bolton Library – An Exceptional Collection Of Rare Literature

Bolton Library in the shadow of The Cathedral of St. John The Baptist, Cashel, Co. Tipp.

An exceptional collection of literature, described by experts as the one of the most important of its kind in Ireland has been taken into the care of the State, by the Office of Public Works (OPW).

The […]