2025 September « Thurles Information

Elderly Man Dies After Assault in Tipperary Town.

A man in his 80s has sadly died in hospital following a serious assault which occured in Tipperary Town on Friday night last.The victim was attacked at his home on St Michael’s Avenue at around 9:35pm.

The alarm was raised when the elderly man was found on the ground outside his detached garage. He […]

Where Can A Devils Mark To Be Viewed In Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

One such ‘Devils Mark’ or Ordnance Survey Benchmark can be found in Thurles on a pillar close to the road surface, at the entrance to St Bridget’s graveyard at an area formerly known as Garryvicleheen Street, better known today as Abbey Road, west of Thurles town.

Carved into buildings, Churches, bridges and old stone […]

Quick Quiz -Times They Are A Changing.

“Times They Are A Changing”. (Extract from a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan back in 1964.)

“Come writers and critics, who prophesize with your pen,And keep your eyes wide, the chance won’t come again,And don’t speak too soon for the wheel’s still in spin.And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s […]

EPA Intervention Sparks Token Clean-Up Of River Suir In Thurles.

Residents shrug, visitors horrified, as Thurles river turns into an open sewer. LAWPRO scientists warn Suir is ‘dying rapidly’ while Tipperary Council fails to act. Twelve years of neglect and denial leave one of Ireland’s great rivers in crisis. Officials accused of hiding 28 sewage outlets behind unchecked weed growth.

Yesterday afternoon, as a […]

Death Of Peggy Kennedy Formerly Of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with sadness that we learned of the death, today Saturday 13th September 2025, of Mrs Margaret (Peggy) Kennedy (née Gleeson) Milltown, Clonoulty, Cashel, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by her son John, parents Con and Mary, sisters Maureen, Crissie and Kitty, brothers Timmy and Michael; Mrs Kennedy […]