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North Tipperary Christmas Tree Recycling Points

Little Christmas (Irish: Nollaig Bheag) or Women’s Christmas (Irish: Nollaig na mBan) or the Feast of the Epiphany, is one of the traditional names in Ireland for January 6th each year.

Jan 6th is called Women’s Christmas because in some counties, here in Ireland, Irish men undertake to relieve their women folk of all household […]

New X-Ray Facility For Our Lady’s Hospital Cashel

Local Thurles doctors will once again be able to refer their patients, those requiring X-Rays, to Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel by the end of January 2013.

This welcome information comes following the announcement by the HSE that a new €100,000 state-of-the-art X-Ray machine will now be installed at this hospital, with immediate effect.

Presently non-urgent […]

A Viennese Afternoon With Strauss In Thurles

What better way to spend a dreary Saturday afternoon in January than by listening to the romantic sounds of Johann Strauss. Now in its 9th year, a Viennese Strauss Gala is back here again in Thurles on tour on the stage of The Source Arts Centre, by popular demand.

This time they will arrive with […]

Update On Return Of Tipperary Related Artefacts

This excellent short film, hereunder, entitled “Just Saying,” produced by Kennedy Films Ltd & written/directed by Dave Tynan, could easily be Thurles town on any given night, on any given day, in any given week, in 2012.

Sydney, London & Canada have also swallowed up our youth & our mates, latter in their need to […]

Tipperary Peace Award Winner 2012 Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai – Photo Courtesy EPA

The 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award has been awarded, as many expected, to Pakistani student and youth activist Malala Yousafzai.

In a statement today, the Tipperary Peace Convention stated that in choosing this years winner it was forced to recognised the courage, impact, determination and perseverance, this […]