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 Ursuline Secondary School Crest The popular ‘All Island School Choir’ competition returns to our screens Sunday week and will run for five weeks on RTÉ One.
The event will culminate with the live final which will be held in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall on Sunday, November 14.
Twenty schools have qualified for this year’s regional finals, which take place in the School of Music in Cork, the Royal Theatre in Castlebar, the Solstice Theatre in Navan and the Market Place Theatre in Armagh.
This years chosen competitors will include the Ursuline Secondary School Chamber Choir, from Thurles who will compete in heat number 1 of the event in Cork city.
The competition is organised by Co-Operation Ireland in association with RTÉ. Anne Cassin presents the series which was devised by RTÉ’s Northern Editor, Tommie Gorman, latter who is also the executive producer.
The adjudicators for the competition are Seamus Crimmins, Executive Director of RTÉ Performance Groups, Dr Angela Feeney, well known Belfast Opera singer and teacher, Brendan O’Connor, Musical Director, Cois Cladaigh Chamber Choir in Galway and Dr Geoffrey Spratt, Director of the Cork School of Music and Conductor of the Fleischmann Choir.
On September 29th last St. Patrick’s College, Thurles welcomed a newly appointed Governing Board.
 Board St.Patricks College, Thurles. The Governing Board, which consists of National figures from academia, business and social justice, is tasked with building on the already impressive strategic development of the College.
St. Patrick’s College first opened its doors to students in 1837, serving as a seminary to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly until, 2002. The college has since developed as a College of Education, specialising in educating post-primary teachers in the fields of Business, Accounting, Religion and Irish.
The new Board includes Rev. Tom Fogarty (College President), Ms. Paula Hourigan (College Registrar and Staff Representative), Dr. Richard Thorn (Director of Flexible Learning & Research, IOTI), Dr. Bernadette Flanagan (Director of Research, All Hallows), Mr. John Lonergan (Former Governor, Mountjoy Prison), Robbie Kelleher (Head of Global Investment Strategy, Davy Stockbrokers), Dr. Finbarr Bradley (Former Professor, DCU, UCD and NUI Maynooth), Rev. Christy O’Dwyer (Former President, St. Patrick’s College and Board of Trustees member) and Rev. Celsus Tierney (Board of Trustees member).
On the appointment of the Board, Rev. Tom Fogarty, the College President commented that he has the “utmost confidence in the new Board and is both delighted and proud that the College is positioned to benefit from such a wide and extensive array of expertise as continuously demonstrated by the Board members throughout their professional lives. The appointment of the Board heralds a new and exciting era of development for the college.”
It is with the deepest regret, we have learned of the death (peacefully) yesterday, September 28th, 2010, of Sr Enda Moran (An tSuir Éanna Ní Mhóráin) Ursuline Convent, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and late of Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry.
Her death is also deeply regretted by her nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, great grand-nieces, great grand- nephews, relations, her sisters in Community, the Ursuline Congregation, past pupils, Ursuline staff and her many friends.
Sr Enda will be remembered as a fluent speaker and lover of the Irish language, an inspirational teacher and a loving and loyal friend to all who had the privilege of making her acquaintance.
Her body will repose in the Ursuline Convent Chapel, Cathedral Street this (Wednesday) evening from 5.00pm with evening prayer at 6.30pm.
Her funeral Mass will take place in the Ursuline Convent Chapel, Cathedral Street, tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 11.30pm, followed by burial in the adjoining Convent Cemetery.
Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis.
A “Smarter Travel In Rural Areas” Conference and training workshop will be held in the Tipperary Institute Thurles on 16th and 17th September 2010.
 Tipperary Institute Thurles This Conference and the Training Workshop have been organised by Tipperary Institute, Tipperary Energy Agency, North Tipperary Leader Partnership, Rural Transport Network and Mendes Limited.
All are part of the work programmes in the EU project, Pro.Motion, the Smarter Travel projects, Pro.Motion Plus and Eco-drive and the EU project, Clean Drive.
The event aims to pass on the experience gained in the above projects in order to assist communities and organisations in the planning and implementation of Smarter Travel in rural areas.
Amongst the speakers are:-Graham Lightfoot, (Mendes Limited), Síona Daly, (Tipperary Energy Agency), Cllr. Virginia O’Dowd, (Nenagh Rail Partnership), Damien Tobin (Rural Transport Network), Vincent Sheehan, (Manager Business Development, Bus Éireann).
Information on the various projects and activities will be on display on both days.
North Tipperary Deputy Noel Coonan is urging financially strained families throughout the constituency to avail of a new grant called the STEP UP! Grant for Education, Training and Skills, which is available to people formerly self-employed, jobseekers, people in receipt of social welfare and full time students.
 North Tipperary Leader Partnership The local Fine Gael TD said the grant, administered by North Tipperary Leader Partnership, replaces the former Millenium Grant.
It will assist those most in need and examples of some of the costs eligible under this programme include tuition fees, transport costs, materials costs and accommodation costs. Grants are subject to available funding and selection and will be based soly on the information supplied, supporting documentation and informal meeting.
Deputy Coonan has informed www.thurles.info that:
“The STEP UP” Grant will be an enormous help to the many people who are in financial difficulties and those who feel they are eligible should apply as soon as possible due to funding being limited. While this Government claims that the economy has turned a corner and that its plan for recovery is working, there are still record numbers on the dole throughout North Tipperary. Nationally, 100,000 people have emigrated in the last two years, unemployment rate is the second highest in Europe and one in three men under 30 are now out of work. This means countless families are struggling to make ends meet and any grant that can help allay concerns is warmly welcomed.”
So where do I apply you ask ?
Feel free to contact Noel Coonan office Tel: 0504 32544 for an application form, or you can download same by clicking – Here
Applicants must be resident in the North Tipperary area and completed application forms will be accepted until Friday 19th November 2010 next.
Email applications will not be accepted, as supporting documents are required and forms need to be signed in person. Applicants will be contacted as part of the application process. Decisions on grants will be made on the basis of the evidence supplied.
People who are eligible include those formerly self-employed, who are not eligible for other supports and who can show need, those who are holders of or dependents of persons, with Social Welfare Payments such as Job Seekers Allowance, Job Seeker Benefit or means-tested welfare payment.
Applicants in receipt of the Back to Education Allowance for unemployed people, lone parents and people with disabilities will also be considered. Applicants in receipt of a Local Authority, County Council or V.E.C. maintenance grant (thus establishing level of income and residence) will only be eligible in exceptional circumstances.
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