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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.
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.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, on Thursday last, December 11th 2025, of Mr Pierce Murphy, “Owenbeg”, Cabra Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Pre-deceased by his parents Pierce and May and infant grand-daughter Amelia; Mr Murphy, sadly, passed away at his place of ordinary residence.
His passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his sorrowing family; loving wife Patricia (Patsy), son Brian and Brian’s wife Tara, grandchildren Cian, Isabelle and Gracie, sister Mary and her husband Brendan, brother Michael and Michael’s wife Mary, sister-in-law Frances, brother-in-law Micheál, nieces, nephews, cousins, extended relatives, neighbours, many friends, fellow members of the Order of Malta, Thurles Musical Society, Cashel and Emly Lourdes Pilgrimage Helpers, teacher colleagues, staff and countless past pupils of Thurles CBS Secondary School.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mr Murphy will repose at Kennedy’s Funeral Home, Upper Kickham Street, Dublin Road, Thurles, (Eircode E41 XY 47), on Tuesday afternoon next, December 16th, from 4:00pm until 7:00pm same evening.
His funeral cortège will depart from Kennedy’s Funeral Home on Wednesday morning, December 17th, at 10:15am to be received into the Cathedral of the Assumption, Cathedral Street, Thurles at 10:30am, to further repose for Funeral Mass at 11:00am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards in St Patrick’s Cemetery, Moyne Road, Lognafulla, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
For those persons who would wish to attend Requiem Mass for Mr Murphy, but for reasons cannot, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.
The extended Murphy 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: Family flowers only, donations in lieu, if desired, to a charity of your choice in memory of Mr Pierce Murphy.
In ár gcroíthe go deo.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, yesterday Saturday 13th December 2025, of Mrs Mary Murphy (née O’Dwyer), Synone, Boherlahan, Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
In her 94th year, and predeceased by her husband Jimmy, brother Michael (O’Dwyer [Stepaside, Dublin]) sister Biddy (Hayes [Bawnmore]), son-in-law John (Fahey) and grandson Daniel (McCarthy); Mrs Murphy passed away peacefully, while in the care of staff at Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Her passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her sorrowing family; daughters Maureen, Patricia, Christina, sons Seamus and Michael, sons-in-law Christy and John, daughters-in-law Deirdre and Liz, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brothers Billy and Pat, sisters Peggy (Kennedy), Kitty (Maher) and Lizzy (Finn), nephews, nieces, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mrs Murphy will repose at Devitt’s Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon, December 16th, from 5:30pm until 7:30pm same evening.
Her remains will be received into the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Boherlahan on Wednesday morning, at 11:30am, to further repose for Requiem Mass, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in Ardmayle Cemetery, Ardmayle, Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
For those persons who would wish to attend Requiem Mass for Mrs Murphy, but for reasons cannot, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.
The extended Murphy and O’Dwyer 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 h-anam dílis.
Three people have died in two separate road traffic collisions in Co. Tipperary in the past 24 hours.
In the early hours of this morning, gardaí and emergency services responded to a two-vehicle collision on the N24 Frank Drohan Road, outside Clonmel, Co Tipperary. Emergency services were alerted at approximately 1.12am. The driver of one vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people were also involved and their condition has not been confirmed.
Separately, two young men have died following a four-vehicle collision on a local road at Killeen, Ballinunty, around 15km from Thurles, shortly before 6:00pm yesterday evening (Saturday, 13 December 2025). The men, one in his early 20s and one in his late teens, were occupants of one of the vehicles and were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two women, both aged in their 20s and travelling in a second car, were taken by ambulance to Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. A further six people were medically assessed at the scene and did not require hospital treatment.
The road at Ballinunty remains closed to facilitate an examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators, and local diversions are in place. The local coroner has been notified, post-mortem examinations will be arranged, and a family liaison officer has been appointed.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who witnessed the Ballinunty collision or who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) from the area at the time, to come forward.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Thurles Garda Station, Tel: 0504 25100, the Garda Confidential Line, Tel: 1800 666 111, or indeed any garda station.
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