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 Liberty Square, Thurles. A 23-year-old Tipperary youth has been jailed for 18 years for the manslaughter of 25 year old Mr James Tynan following an unprovoked assault in Liberty Square, Thurles Co Tipperary in February 2012.
Mr Jason Morrissey residing in Toomevara, Co Tipperary pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing. It was established that Mr Morrissey did not know his victim prior to the unprovoked and fatal assault, which took place at around 1.25am, following a night out in the town.
Mr Tynan, a native of Johnstown, Co Kilkenny, was standing outside of Hayes Hotel, having exited a Night Club, when Mr Morrissey struck him in the face, in a totally unprovoked assault.
Mr Tynan died the following evening, having suffered serious head injuries when he fell, striking his head off the street’s concrete pavement.
In a victim impact statement given at the sentencing, the late Mr Tynan’s mother, Mrs Dolores Tynan, stated that her son had previously requested that he be a future organ donor and this wish had now granted sustained life to six other individuals.
At Nenagh Circuit court, today, in judgement, Judge Thomas Teehan sentenced Mr Morrissey to 21 years for this unlawful killing and other serious assaults by the accused, with the final three years to be suspended. Mr Morrissey is understood to have had 85 criminal convictions and was on bail for public order offences when he killed Mr Tynan.
A letter of apology from Mr Morrissey to the Tynan family was also read out at today’s court hearing.
 Cannabis Sativa The Tipperary Star newspaper & TippFM radio are both reporting that two men are being detained at Thurles & Templemore Garda stations, following the discovery of Cannabis plants in a warehouse, near the village of Moyne, Thurles, Co Tipperary, yesterday afternoon.
The plants, understood to have a value in excess of €100,000, were seized by Gardaí, operating from the Templemore Garda station district, under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
The two men in custody are believed to be from the area, one aged in his 50’s the other in his 30’s were both arrested as part of this Garda investigation.
Up to 800 cannabis plants worth an estimated €650,000 were discovered and seized in a raid at Moanfin, Nenagh, County Tipperary in August last, while Gardaí also seized cannabis, both plant and herb, valued at more than €900,000 in Borrisokane village in Tipperary in April 2011.
 Gardaí here in Co Tipperary are anxious to interview any person with information regarding a serious assault which took place in Cahir, Co.Tipperary in the early hours of last night.
A young man, understood to be aged in his 20s, received severe stab wounds in this altercation, which took place in the Riverdale area of Cahir town at about 8.20pm.
The wounded man, who is understood to be in a serious condition, was rushed to South Tipperary General Hospital for initial treatment before being transferred to Cork University Hospital.
Any persons with information regarding this serious assault is requested to contact Cahir Garda station immediately on Tel: (052) 7445630 or the Garda Confidential Line, Tel: 1800 666 111.
 Noel Coonan TD today warmly welcomed positive news from his Fine Gael colleague, Justice Minister Alan Shatter, that the Government is now to review it’s position regarding the future recruitment of new Gardaí.
Deputy Coonan said this news comes following his most recent representations on this subject, with Government Chief Whip Paul Kehoe and with Minister Alan Shatter.
New Garda Recruitment On The Way
“Arising from most recent conversations with the Minister, I am informed that he intends to bring new proposals to Cabinet in the coming weeks and I will continue to lobby the Minister for new Garda Recruitment to resume as soon as is physically possible, for the Templemore, Co Tipperary Garda College” continued Deputy Coonan.
“I was very disheartened to hear local Fianna Fáil and Independent Councillors speaking so negatively about the future of Templemore Garda College, stating that this excellent educational facility was about to close. This is totally untrue and a further example of their gross hypocrisy, as they use the issue for personal self-serving political gain. In fact it was this same Fianna Fáil/Independent Government who originally introduced these same policies, signing off on this deal with the Troika, thus gaining a reduction in Garda numbers & abandoning Garda recruitment since 2009. It is only through our careful management of economic policies that Fine Gael in Government has brought it to a point where recruitment can now be re-reconsidered,” stated Deputy Coonan.
“Great credit is due to Superintendent Pat McCabe and the Management of the Garda College for the initiative they have shown and for bringing forward classes to keep the college busy,” said the local TD.
The local Fine Gael TD said Minister Alan Shatter decided to review the current situation in light of an estimated reduction in Garda numbers to just over 13,000 by the end of 2013.
“Garda numbers have been reducing, due to the moratorium on recruitment put in place by the previous Government as part of its plan to reduce the strength of the force to 13,000. Our objective, despite the enormous financial pressures facing the Government is to ensure that Garda numbers will not fall below 13,000. At Wednesday’s Cabinet Meeting, Minister Shatter announced the good news that recruitment may recommence as part of a wider determination to ensure that the Garda Síochána, as a body, has the greatest possible resources made available to it, and that it is supported in making the necessary new reforms to ensure that those resources are used to the greatest effect,“explained Deputy Coonan.
In this context, Minister Shatter has managed to secure a budget of €1.4 billion for the Garda Síochána for 2013, which includes separately a specific provision of some €5 million for new vehicles for the force. This now is in addition to the €4 million for vehicles that was already provided for, just last year.
As of 31st December 2012, the latest date for which figures are readily available, the total strength of the Garda force stood at 13,424 which is in fact, 74 Garda personnel more than the maximum figure of 13,350 proposed by the last outgoing Fianna Fáil/ Independent Government, in their National Recovery Plan for 2011-2014.
 As a result of major surveillance by Gardaí, three suspected members of the Real IRA, aged in their early 30s, have been intercepted, while in possession of four rocket launchers & explosives, possibly for delivery to South Armagh in Northern Ireland.
Armed detectives last night stopped two cars, one which contained the weapons, outside of Clonmel (N24) as they were travelling towards Cahir, in Co Tipperary.
Two of the suspects are understood to be brothers and all are believed to be from the Limerick city area. The third suspect is understood to be in charge of a Real IRA cell, latter which has been highly active in the south-west of the country in the past year.
All those arrested are regarded as ‘renegades,’ who in recent months switched allegiance between varied dissident factions, but currently described as operating under the umbrella of the Real IRA. This detection follows weeks of surveillance involving members of the Special Branch, the National Surveillance Unit & Emergency Response Unit.
One suspect is known to have been involved, in the past, in an extortion racket in Limerick and all three are suspected to have been behind the production of pipe bombs, located in Murroe village last December.
The suspects are being questioned at Clonmel & Cahir under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, latter which allows Gardaí to detain individuals, without charge, for up to three days and forensic and ballistic experts will now fully examined this significant seizure.
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