2013 May « Thurles Information

Gardaí Target Scrap Metal Distribution

A major inter-agency operation linked to a national initiative, “Operation Fiacla,” and targeting the illegal storing and distribution of scrap metal, was carried out at a number of locations yesterday, along the Tipperary/Limerick border.

A large force of Gardaí, including members of the Armed Regional Response Unit, Customs and Revenue officers, together with officials from […]

Thurles Set To Lose Another 20 Jobs

Britvic plc, who collectively employ approximately 3,500 people and globally sell some 1.9bn litres of soft drinks each year, have announced a range of restructuring proposals within their corporate organisation, aimed at achieving even greater operating efficiency. These measures include a proposal to separate the Britvic Ireland wholesaling business into a complete stand-alone entity, thus […]

Fingers Crossed For Glen of Aherlow Tipperary

The Glen of Aherlow (Irish: Gleann Eatharlaí,) is a picturesque valley nestling between Slievenamuck and the Galtee Mountains in the western part of South Tipperary in Ireland. The principal village, in this most beautiful of visual landscapes, is Lisvernane. Other adjacent centres of population are the villages of Galbally (on its western side), Kilross (on […]

Tipperary Rural Roads Versus Dublin’s Grafton Street

Grafton Street Dublin

Work to replace the red brick paving on Grafton Street, Dublin, is to begin shortly at a reported cost of €4 million, (Compare Tipperary funding below,) to be replaced with a more durable granite paving. The City Council stress that the revamp is needed because the current red brick surface has become […]

Rockwell College Tipperary Forced Out Of Free Education

One of Tipperary’s best-known secondary schools, Rockwell College, founded in 1864, and situated on the outskirts of Cashel, Co Tipperary, with over 500 boarding and day pupils, will become a fee-paying educational venue from September next.

This historical Co Tipperary College, whose former pupils & teachers included Patrick Hillery (Former President of Ireland.), Dr. Maurice […]