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Trains & Boats & Planes Are Passing By Tipperary

“Trains and boats and planes are passing by, They mean a trip to Paris or Rome, To someone else, but not for me, The trains and boats and planes,

(Lyrics by Hal David 1966.)

The Industrial Development Authority (IDA), smugly and at every possible media opportunity, boasts […]

Templemore Must Wait For New Garda Enrolment Policy

Members of the Garda Representative Association (GRA ) and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) are to be balloted in the coming weeks on new proposals regarding pay and conditions.

It is understood that both these Garda representative bodies are cautiously welcoming the Labour Relations Commission’s new deal on premium payments and allowances, […]

Commander Chris Hadfield Arrives Back To Earth

Over preceding months here on Thurles.Info we have continued to inform our readers when the International Space Station (ISS) was passing over Ireland

Canadian Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield, whose beautiful 26 year old daughter, Kristin, presently attends Trinity College, Dublin, has bid farewell to the International Space Station, by making a cover version of David […]

Thurles 1656 Featured On ‘Down Survey’ Website

The Down Survey of Ireland was taken between the years 1656-1658, and was the first ever detailed land survey, on a national scale, taken anywhere in the world. This survey sought to measure all the land of Ireland to be forfeited by Irish Catholic in order to facilitate its redistribution to Merchant Adventurers and English […]

Property Tax – Allegations Of Fraud

Irish Simplified Tax Return For 2013

An employee working on the Property Tax Helpline has been suspended, amid allegations of unauthorised use of credit cards according to Breaking News.ie

The employee, a member of staff at Cork-based Abtran appears to have unnecessarily asked some 11 callers for their credit card numbers, however it […]