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 Mr Jason Morrissey, aged 23 and with an address at Church Street, Toomevara, Tipperary, has today admitted his part in the unlawful killing of Mr James Tynan, at Liberty Square, Thurles in February of last year.
The deceased, aged 25, was formally a native of Johnstown, in Co Kilkenny and was assaulted during a night out in the town, on February 19th, 2012.
The accused, who appeared at Nenagh Circuit Court, pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of Mr Tynan and also pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm to three other men on an earlier date, February 8th, of that same year.
Mr Morrissey will return for sentencing on April 12th next, allowing for the preparation of a psychiatric report and numerous victim impact statements from the Tynan family and from the other persons earlier assaulted. Mr Morrissey was also remanded in custody.
 Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, RIP Books of Condolence for Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, latter savagely and unnecessarily shot dead during a raid on a Credit Union in Lordship in Dundalk, Co Louth, are currently open at Thurles Garda Station.
These books will be passed on to the relatives of the deceased in a few days time.
Those wishing to sign this book will find same conveniently placed, to your left hand side, in the front information office of Thurles Garda Station.
The Dáil is to be suspended for a number of hours today as a mark of respect to the late Detective, to allow TDs to attend his State funeral, with business adjourned until 4.00pm after leaders’ questions.
Detective Garda Donohoe’s funeral will take place from St Joseph’s Redemptorist Church, following Mass at 12.30pm, to be buried at Lordship cemetery. The Taoiseach, Tánaiste & Opposition Leaders, together with members of the cabinet will travel to Dundalk for the funeral.
To his family and friends go our regret and deep sincere sympathy at his passing.
Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis.
 The Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter, announced the Annual Policing Plan for 2013 before the Houses of the Oireachtas recently. His stated aim was to make the force more effective and to reduce its costs significantly.
Under the Ministers plan, some 100 Garda stations will close, while 28 Garda districts will amalgamate into just 14, and it is now anticipated that most of the rural stations will be closed in the first six months of 2013.
To my mind the recently announced closure of remote garda stations here in rural Tipperary is not really an issue or a reason for alarm. Some local politicians however have been quick “on the draw,” to react negatively to these proposed changes, possibly in their search for that ever welcome newspaper vote gathering headline or radio interview.
The five stations marked for closure in Tipperary are New Inn, Grangemockler, Terryglass, Rearcross & Dundrum, with two other stations close to our county borders, namely Galbally & Johnstown.
Most of these stations marked for closure are simply run down, one man stations, which only open part-time and rarely if ever at night. These stations are truly obsolete and a complete waste of both manpower & resources, while offering little or no contribution in either preventing or indeed solving rural crime.
Of much greater concern to Tipperary rural dwellers however is Minister Shatter’s apparent determination to drastically reduce Tipperary Garda numbers and his failure to date to provide promised adequate replacement Garda vehicles and equipment.
Money now acquired from the sale of these station assets must be directed towards increasing Garda numbers, vehicles and supplying up-to-date technical equipment, thus providing increased mobile patrols in the Tipperary rural area.
Our present government must not now place the security of this county at risk in their efforts to meet the financial demands of our current masters, “The Troika,” who appear to be interfering with essential elements of our national security.
Lest we forget, today marks the 40th anniversary of the Sackville Street bombing, which took place in Dublin forty years ago, on the 1st December 1972. A Fethard, & Co. Tipperary native was one of two victims who lost their lives in this tragic event.
 George Bradshaw was just a young man of 29 years, when he was brutally murdered in this Dublin Street, his only crime, being there.
George had married his wife Kathleen, a nurse from Belfast and a mother of two young children, Lynn and Rory. He was employed as a bus driver with CIE and the family had only moved to Dublin less than two years previously, when this unforgivable tragedy occurred.
George was working the late shift that December night when at around 8.00pm a bomb exploded on Dublin’s Eden Quay. When the CIE canteen was evacuated, George and a colleague were caught in the blast of a second bomb, containing an estimated 100lbs of high explosives, which had been placed in a rented car parked on Sackville Place.
It was established that this car bomb which exploded in Sackville Place was a silver-grey Fort Escort Registered No. 9551-VZ . The Irish police investigation, carried out in Belfast, revealed that the car had been hired on the 30th November 1972, from Moley’s Car Hire Firm, 49 Victoria Square, Belfast, at 9.00 a.m. on 30/11/72, by a man using a stolen driver’s licence in the name of one Joseph Fleming.
A Photo-fit illustration of the man, described as the hirer of this silver/grey Escort motor car, was issued. (See Picture above.)
A description of the man was also issued, stating he was 40 years old, 6ft tall, weighing 14-15 stone, with round reddish face, fair hair thinning on top and receding. He was wearing a modern style, brown coloured gabardine over coat, was of well dressed appearance, and was perceived as a business man. He spoke with a cultured North of Ireland or English accent.
It is now claimed that Loyalists, aided by British intelligence, carried out this civilian murder, in an attempt to force the Irish government to crack down on paramilitaries. On that day the Dáil was debating the introduction of “The Offences Against the State Act.” As this news filtered through into Leinster House, Fine Gael decided to drop their objections to this Bill, resulting in it being passed with little opposition dissent.
No one has ever been convicted for this brutal murder and a wreath laying ceremony will now take place at Sackville Place on Tuesday next, in the presence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the CEO of Dublin Bus, Justice for the Forgotten together with members of the victim’s family.
Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis.
A number of disused buses caught fire at the Bus Éireann maintenance depot at Abbey Road, Thurles, Co Tipperary this afternoon.
The blaze broke out in one of the old buses which then spread to three other such vehicles at around 2.30pm. The buses were stored in the yard mainly for use as spare parts & scrap.
Video footage at the scene has been provided for us by Pat Corbett of the fire that happened today at the CIE Bus Depot on Abbey Road, Thurles. This is the second fire to have occurred in the Bus Depot this year. The previous fire was also reported by Thurles.info on this page.
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