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Recall Of Artri King, Kuka Flex Forte & Reumo Flex Food Supplements.

Recall of Artri King, Kuka Flex Forte and Reumo Flex food supplements due to undeclared active ingredients not permitted in food products.

Friday, 08 December 2023
Category 1: For Action
Alert Notification: 2023.35
Product Identification: Artri King; pack size: 100 tablets; Kuka Flex Forte pack size 30 caplets; Reumo Flex; pack size 30 caplets.
Batch Code: All batch codes

Message:
All batch codes of Artri King, Kuka Flex Forte and Reumo Flex food supplements are being recalled as they contain active ingredients that have not been approved for use in food products and are not declared on the label.
All three products contain the active ingredients diclofenac and Artri King also contains dexamethasone. These products are being sold on various online websites as a food supplement, to treat joint pain and arthritis.

Action Required:
Retailers: Retailers are requested to remove the implicated products from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.

Consumers: Consumers are advised not to take the implicated products.

Slievenamon Road Upgrade – Final Nail In Thurles Town Centre’s Coffin.

It has become perfectly obvious that urban city planning ideas are now being mandatory enforced on rural, agricultural towns like Thurles, Co. Tipperary with disastrous consequences, forcing trading retail businesses to either close or fold their tents to move elsewhere.

Anyone who visited Dublin City recently will know that only public transport, cyclists and pedestrians can now get into and around its increasingly menacing streets, with any degree of efficiently.

**The busy prosperous Liberty Square of the 1960’s**.

That is all well and good in Dublin with its network of buses, trams and taxis. Here in rural Thurles such public transport is very limited. There isn’t a Dart tram line to be found running from rural Upperchurch or indeed Two-mile-Borris or Littleton villages every 15 minutes. Indeed there is not one single bus shelter to be found in Thurles, to protect a prospective bus passenger from our inclement weather.

For those who wish to view what exactly will be forced on the residents and businesses of this once prosperous midland town, take a look here: N62-Slievenamon-Road-Phase-2.pdf

NOTE Page 6 of the above pdf: “Some of the key interventions that this strategy will deliver include significant investment in the provision of safe, segregated infrastructure to protect those walking and cycling on our roads, and initiatives to promote modal shift from motor vehicle travel to support environmental, safety and health objectives.”

The picturesque Liberty Square, midday in 2023, asks a Question: Where are the town centre consumers; where are the cyclists; the walker, and the vehicle parking spaces.
Answer: Driven out with the businesses. Gone to support German international discount retailers on the outskirts of Thurles, who offer very little local employment, while selling a considerable amount of German processed produce.

See also what is planned in the Draft Discussion maps for Slievenamon Road, shown here: N62-Slievenamon-Road-Map.pdf.

Question: Where are the Cycle Paths either on a half upgraded Liberty Square, town centre or on this newly designed, still to be revamped, Slievenamon Road plan?
Answer: Non existent.

This October 2022 plan will most certainly drive home that final nail in our town centre’s coffin. However, the local electorate, (now remaining surprisingly silent), can express their anger, during local elections, expected to be held possible next March.

Death Of Nora Ryan, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, yesterday Wednesday 6th December 2023, of Mrs Nora Ryan (née Flanagan), Monaquill, Killeen, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Templederry, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by her beloved husband Thomas, her parents Patrick and Hannie and her baby brother Connie; Mrs Ryan passed away peacefully, while in the care of staff at Nenagh General Hospital.

Her passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by her loving family; son Larry, daughter Siobhán, her brother Larry, daughter-in-law Suzanne, son-in-law John, her adored grandchildren, Anna, Davy, Mamie and Jimmy, sisters-in-law, Sr. Eileen, Barbara, Josephine and Marie, brother-in-law Seamus, nephews Pádraig and Seán, nieces Patrice and Annette, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mrs Ryan will repose on Saturday afternoon, December 9th, at the Church of All Saints, Killeen, Ballindigny, Co. Tipperary, from 5:30pm until 7:30pm same evening.
Requiem Mass for Mrs Ryan will be celebrated on Sunday afternoon, December 10th, at 1:30pm, followed by interment in Upperchurch Cemetery, Upperchurch, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

The extended Ryan 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 Milford Care Centre.

“The family would like to acknowledge the wonderful care and attention that Mrs Ryan received from her carers, the staff at Nenagh General Hospital and University Hospital Limerick and from her G.P. Dr. Paul O’Farrell”.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.

Death Of John Kennedy, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, yesterday Wednesday 6th December 2023, of Mr John Kennedy, No. 16 Ard Mhuire, Thurles, Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his wife Breda and in his 98th year, Mr Kennedy passed away peacefully, while in the care of staff at Fennor Hill Care Facility, Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny.

His passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by his loving family; his daughters Anne and Mary, sons Paddy and Gearóid, sons-in-law Eamonn and Thomas, daughters-in-law Noreen and Bernie, his loving grandchildren, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Kennedy will repose at Kennedy’s Funeral Home, Upper Kickham Street, Dublin Road, Thurles on tomorrow afternoon, Friday December 8th, from 5:00pm until 6:30pm same evening.
His remains will be received into the Cathedral of the Assumption, Catherdal Street, Thurles, on Saturday morning, December 9th to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:00am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Moyne Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mr Kennedy, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Kennedy 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.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Male Arrested Following €100,000 Drugs Seizure In North Tipperary.

A young man has been arrested following the seizure in Nenagh, Co Tipperary of approximately €100,000 worth of cocaine.

The search was undertaken as part of ‘Operation Thor’ by Gardaí from the Divisional Task Force, who were assisted by the Divisional Drugs Unit, the Garda Dog Unit and Gardaí from within the Nenagh District.
Operation Thor actively targets organised crime gangs and repeat offenders through co-ordinated crime prevention and enforcement activity, based on intelligence and the latest burglary trends.

The man arrested in connection with the search is understood to be aged in his 20s, and remains currently detained at a Garda station in the Tipperary area; held under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

The drugs will now be forwarded for analysis t be undertaken by Forensic Science Ireland.

Garda investigations surrounding the drugs seizure are continuing.