January, 2011 - Thurles Information

Taoiseach Brian Cowen Survives To Fight Another Day

Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will continue to lead the Irish Government into its dying days after surviving a plot to oust him prior to the forthcoming General Election, in about three months, possibly March 25.

Rebel Foreign Affairs Minister, Micheál Martin, who led the revolt against the embattled Fianna Fail […]

Tenders Sought For Tipperary Ambulance Bases

Thurles Ambulance Base

Tenders are being sought for the construction of two new Emergency services bases to be built in Co Tipperary:

Lot 1 : Will entail the construction of a single storey ambulance base adjacent to the Community Hospital of the Assumption, at Leugh Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and another in Nenagh. […]

PJ Hough Heads Microsoft Programme Management Team

PJ Hough. Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Programme Management

Next time you open your Microsoft Office, on your PC or Laptop, here in Co Tipperary or elsewhere, know that a Tipperary native is playing a significant role in the future shaping of the device you are about to use.

PJ Hough, a 47 year […]

Pope Benedict XVI Determined To Stamp Out Child Sex Abuse

Archbishop Thomas Collins

Archbishop of Toronto, His Grace, Thomas Christopher Collins, a senior Vatican investigator into clerical child sex abuse scandals in Ireland, yesterday spoke of Pope Benedict XVI full determination to ensure that such evil does not happen again.

Archbishop Collins has been chosen and instructed by Pope Benedict XVI to conduct […]

What Benefits Birds Can Benefit Humans

What benefits birds, also benefits humans, as those of our readers here in Thurles and Co Tipperary, who supplemented their garden’s birds’ diet, during the recent unprecedented harsh weather, can attest. By feeding the birds in your area, there is an automatically important knock-on effect for the flower lover and organic gardener, as birds will […]