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Tipperary Air Ambulance Crash Report

A final report into the crash landing of an Air Ambulance helicopter near Borrisoleigh, in Tipperary, has established that the pilot & crew did not see power lines until too late to avoid a collision.

The helicopter had been responding to a call from a seriously ill patient, latter who was later transferred to hospital […]

Accident Reported At Lisheen Mine Moyne Thurles

Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co Tipperary

News is just coming in regarding a serious accident at Lisheen Mine, Thurles, Tipperary.

Reports, which are sketchy, state that at least one person has been seriously injured, possibly due to the collapse of an underground support wall.

Gardaí & other Emergency Services are currently at the scene […]

Thurles Insufficient Demand For Educate Together

Today was a day which appeared to focus on educational issues nationally.

Unions

At the Irish National Teachers Organisation’s (INTO) annual conference in Cork, Education Minister Ruairí Quinn called on all assembled members to accept Croke Park II proposals, asking teachers to be brave and work for nothing. ( See pay scales Here. )

The […]

Rockwell College Tipperary Engage Education Dept On Fees

Rockwell College, Cashel, Co. Tipperary could face penalties over the level of its charges to pupils, a Department of Education spokesperson has confirmed. The college which hosts some 500 boarding and day pupils is part of the free education scheme, the rules for which do not permit such schools to charge tuition fees or to […]

Tipp Independent TD Seamus Healy To Fight Property Tax

It would appear that Thomas Davis, editor of The Nation newspaper may have got it right after all, when in the 1840s he stated “Where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows.”

The Revenue Commissioners who began sending out, this month, notices to the owners of Tipperary’s housing stock, including flats and apartments, have stated that every property […]