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August Bank Holiday 2020 News Items

(1) Drugs:

Eleven drivers of mechanical propelled vehicles have been arrested on suspicion of drug driving in Co. Tipperary this weekend alone. We are aware that one driver tested positive for Cocaine on Western Road, Clonmel, following a road- side test.

(2) Thurles Road Closure:

Motorists, particularly regular users of the (R498) Thurles to Nenagh road are being warned that the section at Latteragh will close (with diversians in place) from Monday August 10th 2020, for some 12 days, to facilitate action on 5 long years of debated emergency roadworks.

The council has now been given the go-ahead for a €14m realignment of the Latteragh bends area, which will involve the construction of a complete new stretch of roadway. Hopefully flora, fauna and fish residing in the nearby Nenagh River, will not bring the project to a halt on this occasaion.

(3) Thurles To Get €25,000 To Aid Town’s Economic Woes

Wow, this is actually a fact; Minister for Rural & Community Development, Ms Heather Humphreys, has announced the lodgement of some €25,000, into a fund targeting activities to encourage people back into the local town of Thurles, and to ‘shop local’, after the town centre was destroyed by Tipperary Co. Council, with the greedy introduction of parking charges.
We understand also it is intended to open a voluntary tourism office to market and promote Thurles. [Funny that; I was convinced we already had a voluntary tourism office to market to promote the area.]
Still, maybe we are to obtain a new Tourism office, one that actually attracts tourists.
One wonders what all of the rest of this vast funding will be mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausted on; in a year that Liberty Square is supposed to be upgraded.

Drug Dealer In Tipperary Arrested

Gardaí continue their war on drugs and those dealing in illegal substances, here in Co. Tipperary.

Cahir District Drugs Unit arrested a drug dealer in Cahir town on Friday evening. Latter was found to be in possession of Cannabis to the value of approx €1,500 and carrying over €2,500 in cash.

We understand the male attempted to evade Gardaí, before being finally arrested. The cash, a mobile phone and cannabis herb were recovered and further investigations are now ongoing.

Cannabis Plants Seized In Tipperary

Yesterday, Gardaí seized cannabis plants valued in the region of €5,000 in Carrig-On-Suir, Co. Tipperary.

At approximately 6.00pm, Detectives from Carrick-on-Suir, with the assistance of local Gardaí and the Tipperary District Drugs Unit, executed search warrants at two properties in the Ahenny area of South Tipperary.
During the first search, Gardaí recovered a number of mature cannabis plants from a sophisticated cannabis grow house inside the property. The grow house contained lights, fans, heaters and an irrigation system.

At the second search area Gardaí seized cannabis plants that were growing outdoors at the rear of the property.

No arrests, to date, have been made, but investigating officers are following a definite line of enquiry.

Of course, from a history point of view, the small village and townland of Ahenny, in County Tipperary, is notable not just for its megalithic tombs, but also for its ancient Irish “high” crosses, latter amongst the earliest examples of Celtic “high” crosses to be found in Ireland. (Now you know why they are called “high” crosses. Pardon the pun.)

War On Drug Dealers In Tipperary Continues.

As part of the continuous war on illegal drugs and those selling misery for personal gain; two men were arrested by Gardaí in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, yesterday afternoon, (14th July 2020) .

They were arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into a drugs distribution network, located here in the south Tipperary region.

Items seized included illegal drugs and offensive weapons.

Yesterday at approximately 2.30pm, Gardaí from Clonmel Garda Station assisted by the Regional Dog Unit, Henry Street, carried out a search at an address in Clonmel.

During the course of this operation, Gardaí recovered cocaine and cannabis with an estimated street value of €18,500 along with €980 in cash, a weighing scales, mobile phones and a number of offensive weapons, including a stun gun.

The two men arrested were aged in their 30’s and remain currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Clonmel Garda Station.

Those arrested can be held for up to seven days as investigations continue.

Second Arrest Following Tipperary Fatal Road Collision.

Gardaí yesterday arrested a teenage boy in connection with a fatal road collision which occurred in Co. Tipperary on Saturday afternoon last.

The teenager is the second person to have been arrested regarding this tragic incident.

Readers will remember that one man, aged in his sixties died. He was named locally as Mr Noel McGrath, a former prison officer in Limerick and Portlaoise, from Oola, Co Limerick, close to the border with Co. Tipperary.
A woman also in her sixties received non life threatening injuries in this two-vehicle collision, which happened near Nenagh at around 12.50pm on Saturday afternoon.

The driver of the second vehicle involved in this collision failed to remain at the scene. A man in his thirties, who was later arrested on Sunday morning, has since been released, with a file being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The arrested teenager was detained at Templemore Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

Further investigations are understood to be ongoing.