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Thurles – I Have Been To Hell & Back

I woke up just as the flickering red flames began to gently lick at my scalding toes. Perspiration was flooding from every sweat pore in my body, brought on by the intense heat.

On awakening, it took me several minutes to fully realise that I had only been the subject of an involuntarily sensation associated […]

Irish Water Cannot Identify House Residents

“Eaten bread is soon forgotten”.

Eugene (Surname known but withheld) got his correspondence from Irish Water this morning, pushed through the letterbox in the door of his home here in Co Tipperary. (I sometimes regret we called ourselves Thurles.Info as we get more email communications than a citizens advice bureau.)

Eugene hasn’t opened […]

Cannabis Seized By Gardaí In Roscrea Co Tipperary

Cannabis Sativa

Three men, believed to be in their early 20’s, have been arrested following a drugs haul in Roscrea, Co Tipperary. While Gardaí refused to comment on the arrests, all three men detained are understood to be natives of the area.

We understand that the haul was discovered at approximately 11.50pm on […]

No Reduction in Tipperary’s Local Property Tax

Time to “pack your load and be on the road” to Dublin or overseas as our combined Tipperary Councillors were forced to vote 29 to 10, to maintain the current status quo, thus clarifying that there will be no reduction in Tipperary’s Local Property Tax for next year.

Figures published by the Department of the […]

Thurles “Believe None Of What You Hear!”

“Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see.” ― Benjamin Franklin.

How Dublin and our local elected politicians see Tipperary. Source: Imgur

If it is reported in a daily newspaper, heard on our radios or viewed on our TV’s then surely it must be true; Dublin […]