2022 July « Thurles Information

Motorists Daily Receiving Fines On M7 Motorway In Tipperary.

On average some 47 motorists, each day, are receiving speeding fines on the M7 motorway, in an area where new average speed safety cameras have been recently installed.

Figures provided by An Garda Síochána indicate that a daily average of 47 motorists have been caught driving at average speeds in excess of 120km/h over […]

Death Of Sr. Bridget Leamy, Formerly, Thurles. Co. Tipperary.

It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death, on Sunday 26th June 2022, of Sr. Bridget Leamy, Stella Maris Convent, Swansea, Wales and late of Roskeen, Drombane, Thurles. Co. Tipperary.

Sr. Bridget passed away peacefully, while in the company of the Congregation of the Ursulines of Jesus.

Pre-deceased by her […]

Not All Of Us Have Jewels To Give.

Poem Courtesy of Thurles Author & Poet, Tom Ryan ©

Not all of us have jewels to give,Or fine expensive wear,To one we love beyond all elseWith whom our life we share.

Not all of us can dine at nightIn elegant hotels,Or laugh or […]

Thurles History Destroyed As Minister Malcolm Noonan’s Office Sleeps.

“Bricks through the window now, Thieves in the night. When they rang on her bell,There was nobody there. Fresh graffiti sprayed on her door, Shit wrapped in a newspaper posted onto the floor.”

Extract from that wonderful poem “History”, by Carol Ann Duffy, DBE FRSL HonFBA HonFRSE.

A current decision by Dublin City […]

Death Of Dick Delaney, Formerly Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death, yesterday, Saturday 2nd July 2022, of Mr Richard (Dick) Delaney, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

In his 91st year; Mr Delaney passed away peacefully, while in the care of staff at University Hospital Limerick, (Previously in the […]