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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 […]

Another Tipperary Hotel Goes Into Receivership

Clonmel Park Hotel

A receiver has been appointed to the South Tipperary Clonmel Park Hotel, latter owned by the Brennan Group situated at the Poppyfield Retail Park in Clonmel town. The Hotel is one of four hotels in the group, with the Arklow Bay in Wicklow, and the Springhill Court Hotel situated in […]

Thurles Wedding Of Tina & Pat

Warm sunshine came out of its secret hiding place yesterday, especially for the wedding of the very lovely Miss Tina Stapleton, daughter of Mr Paddy & the Late Mrs Mary-Ann Stapleton, Urlingford, Co Kilkenny, to Mr Pat McNeill, son of Mrs Kathleen & Mr Philip McNeill, Thurles, Co.Tipperary.

Meet the new Mr & […]

Thurles Order Of Malta Scrap Metal Collection

Local Councillor Gerard Fogarty reports:

Thurles Order of Malta will be holding a scrap metal collection as part of their fund raising campaign for the final phase of their current new building project.

The collection will take place this weekend, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th May from 12pm-6pm. The drop-off point is at the Order […]