Thurles Information

When Christmas Feels Lonely After Loss Of A Loved one.

Christmas is often wrapped in the idea of togetherness; that familiar chair at the table; those “same as always” routines, those comforting little repetitions that once kept a home feel steady.
When someone you love is no longer there, the season can suddenly feel out of tune. Carols can seem too bright, laughter can land too sharply, and even the smallest decoration can become a soft, relentless reminder of what’s really missing.

Grief has always had its own calendar.
Special dates have a way of drawing it back to the surface, the first Christmas without them, the first time your mouth forms their name before you remember, the first moment you realise you’re holding a memory where a person used to be. If it feels like you’re slipping backwards, it may simply be your heart meeting an anniversary it never asked for, and remembering same in vivid colour.

A Living Love.

Lyrics and Vocals: Tammy Wynette and George Jones.

Sadly grief does not take instructions.
If Christmas feels lonely, that loneliness is not evidence that you’re failing. It’s evidence that you loved, deeply, properly, and with your whole self. The world can insist that Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of each year, but grief doesn’t take instructions. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is to tell the truth, but is hurts to express what is real, without apology.

You may heal with time, but the scaring never disappears.
If comfort comes, it often arrives in gentler shapes than we expect. Keep plans simple. Let people help in practical ways. Speak their name out loud if you want to. Light a candle, hang a decoration for them, place a photo where you’ll see it, or tell one story that makes everyone smile and ache at the same time. These aren’t ways of “moving on”, they’re ways of carrying love forward, and making room for the person or persons who still matter.

So if Christmas feels lonely this year, be sympathetic with yourself. Take each day in smaller pieces. Let grief come and go like weather. Your loved one may be absent from the living room, but not from the meaning of your life, and even in the quietest house, love still has a presence.

Death Of David Lahart, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, on Saturday 13th December 2025, of Mr David Lahart, No.7 Castlequarter, Killenaule, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

His tragic passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his sorrowing and heartbroken family; loving parents Ashling and Paudie, siblings Megan, Rachel, Alex, Amber and Leah, his special nephew Jayden, loving grandparents Ned and Christine, aunts, uncles, cousins, extended relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Lahart will repose at O’Connell’s Funeral Home, Killenaule, Thurles, (Eircode E41 HH66) on tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday December 16th, from 4:30pm until 7:30pm.
His remains will be received into the Church Of St Mary, Bailey Street, Killenaule, Thurles, on Wednesday morning December 17th, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:30am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in Crosscannon Cemetery, Killenaule, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

For those persons who would wish to attend Requiem Mass for Mr Lahart, but for reasons cannot, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Lahart family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Note Please: House strictly private.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Death Of Anne Marie Fogarty, Formerly The Ragg Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, on Saturday 13th December 2025, of Mrs Anne Marie Fogarty (née Holland), Tyone, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary formerly of The Ragg Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

The passing of Mrs Fogarty is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her sorrowing family; loving sisters Moira (Quinlan), Bridget (Keane) and Mary (Quinlan), brothers Joe, James, Noel, Patrick and Conor, Aunt Peg, partner Tim, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mrs Fogarty will be received into the Church of the Sacred Heart, Templemore, on Tuesday evening, December 16th at 7:45pm.
Requiem Mass for Mrs Fogarty will be offered on Wednesday, December 17th, at 12:00 noon, followed by interment, immediately afterwards in nearby St. Joseph’s Cemetery Templemore, Co. Tipperary.

The extended Fogarty and Holland families wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.

Gardaí Numbering 119, Needed To Escort 52 Deportees.

Gardaí Numbering 119, Required To Escort 52 Deportees On €187,625 Charter Flight To Georgia.

Gardaí, numbering 119, travelled on a charter flight to Georgia, latter a country in the Caucasus region between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, bordered by the Black Sea, Russia, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Their task to remove just 52 people, including 7 children, from the Irish State, at a cost of €187,625 for just the aircraft, according to government briefing documents.

The operation, carried out by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), saw 35 men, 10 women and seven (7) children taken on a flight that departed from Dublin Airport on Monday, November 3rd 2025. Garda statements confirm that the children were all part of family groups.

The 119 members of An Garda Síochána were on board alongside a translator, an independent human rights monitor, a doctor and a paramedic.

Officials stated that four family groups were removed, including three mothers travelling alone, two with two children and one with three children. The briefing notes stated that the 52 people had spent an average of two years and eight months within the Irish State.

A Q&A sheet prepared said 41 of the 52 were held in custody prior to departure. It said individuals can be detained for up to eight weeks (56 days) to ensure deportations can be carried out successfully, with detention sometimes required because otherwise “people may abscond”.
Note, the children removed were not detained and were travelling with a parent.

The briefing also recorded that some people on the flight had open applications seeking revocation of their removal order, but the minister was advised that such applications do not suspend deportation.

On criminality, the documents indicated that most of those removed had no serious convictions, with one person recorded as having a long history of criminality and a small number linked to minor offences.

While charter removals were generally comparable in cost to operations on commercial flights, it said there had never been a specific cost–benefit analysis of charter flights, and the authorities could not yet provide overall cost details beyond the aircraft cost.

In a statement issued at the time of the November operation, the Department of Justice said deportations and removals were necessary to maintain public confidence in our immigration laws.

Death Of Jim Webster, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, yesterday Saturday 13th December 2025 of Mr James (Jim) Webster, Cloughmartin, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Clashduff, Coalbrook, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his parents George and Bridget, brother Joseph, parents-in-law Larry and Nellie (Hickey), brother-in-law Michael; Mr Webster, sadly, passed away unexpectedly while in the care of staff at Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

His passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his sorrowing family; loving wife Anne (née Hickey), daughter Marie (Clifford), son George, grandsons James and Shane, son-in-law Darren, daughter-in-law Annmarie, sisters Ann, Mary, Patricia and Alice, brothers John, Christy and Connie, nephews, nieces, grand-nephews, grand-nieces, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Webster will repose at Hugh Ryan’s Funeral Home, Slievenamon Road, Thurles, (Eircode E41 CP59), on Monday afternoon, December 15th from 5:00pm until 7:00pm, same evening.
His remains will be received into the Cathedral of the Assumption, Cathedral Street, Thurles on Tuesday morning, December 16th, at 10:30am, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:00am, followed by a service of cremation in Shannon Crematorium, Illaunmanagh, Shannon, Co. Clare, (Eircode V14 PV30) at 4:00pm same afternoon.

For those persons who would wish to attend Requiem Mass for Mr Webster, but for reasons cannot, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Webster and Hickey families wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.