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Road Closures In Thurles Planned For August

Cuchulainn Road, & O’Donovan Rossa Street Junction

North Tipperary County Council and Thurles Town Council will shortly be closing Cuchulainn Road, & O’Donovan Rossa Street in Thurles Town, to traffic. The purpose of this road closure is to facilitate works associated with the ‘Watermain Rehabilitation Works,’ in the town.

Areas to be affected […]

Upperchurch Tipperary Open New Visitor Centre

A new Visitor Information Point has opened, this week, providing all of the information visitors will need to make their stay in the Upperchurch and Drombane area of North Tipperary, a memorable one.

Upperchurch (Irish: an Teampall Uachtarach, meaning “The Upper Church”,) is a small village here in North Tipperary, Ireland and lies in the […]

Recent Garda Crime Investigations In Tipperary

Last night, up to 50,000 illegal cigarettes were seized here in Co Tipperary. The haul, which is understood to have a retail value of around €21,000, was discovered in two homes in the Roscrea area.

The cigarettes have a potential loss to the Irish Exchequer of some €18,000 and it is understood that a number […]

Horse & Jockey Vintage Club Raise Funds For Thurles Meals on Wheels

Horse & Jockey Vintage Club members recently covered a 210 mile return trip, travelling at just 20mph, to raise €1000.00 for the “Thurles Meals On Wheels,” Centre, latter situated at Stradavoher, Thurles.

Their route, using vintage tractors, took them to Innishannon (Irish: Inis Eonáin.) in Co Cork. Included in our picture are Vintage Club members […]

Tipperary VEC’s To Merge

The present Fine Gael/Labour Government has announced that is to press ahead with halving the number of current Vocational Education Committees (VECs) across Ireland & to this end has published plans to reduce the current number of such establishments from 33 down to 16.

VEC’s provides a comprehensive range of educational services to meet the […]