2021 July « Thurles Information

Thurles – The Venice Of Tipperary.

My immediate focus is on Kickham Street, possibly the busiest street in Thurles, with traffic entering from the motorway (East) and from the South via the Mill Road (latter in an attempt to avoid a new set of delaying traffic lights at the Lidl junction near Slievenamon Road & Clongour Road).

Kickham Street […]

Virus Cases On Island of Ireland Today, July 25th, 2,390.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,126 new cases of Covid-19 in the Irish Republic today. There are 123 people in hospital, up 18 on yesterday, and 22 people in ICU, an increase of 1. Here there are now over 5.5 million vaccines administered, with 83% of the our eligible population now partially vaccinated […]

Death Of Very Rev. Fr. John Joseph O’Rourke,(A.P), Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with the deepest personal regret that I learned of the death, yesterday Friday 23rd July 2021, of Very Rev. Fr. John Joseph O’Rourke,(A.P), Gortnahoe, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and late of Birdhill, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his brother Eugene; Fr. O’Rourke, passed away, while in the care of staff at ‘Acorn Lodge’ nursing […]

Gardaí Recovered Cocaine & Cannabis On Tipperary Waste Ground.

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On Tuesday July 20th 2021, Gardaí from the Carrick on Suir and Clonmel areas responded to a report that shots had been fired on the Railway line at St. Johns, Carrick on Suir, Co. Tipperary.

Witnesses had reported seeing two men on the raiway line in possession of a firearm and that […]

Virus Cases On Island of Ireland Today, July 24th, 2,865.

The Department of Health has confirmed 1,345 new cases of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland, with 105 people in our hospital’s; 21 of whom are in ICU’s. Total number of deaths in the Republic are recorded as at today, July 24th, sadly at 5,026.

In Northern Ireland, there are 1,520 cases confirmed positive, […]