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 The Pied Piper The Pied Piper, a community Panto featuring a cast of over 60 children, teenagers and adults, with surprise appearances from a different celebrity Mayor for every show begins on Saturday next at the Source Arts Centre here in Thurles.
This year expect Rats n’ Rappers, Music n’ Songs, Stolen Sausages, nibbled Christmas Cake, Holey Cheese and a Magical Mountain, all set in a video wonderland!
This wonderful show opens on the 12th December next and runs until December 20th.
It’s clever, it’s hilariously funny, it’s a guaranteed midwinter tonic.
Will it be Michael Lowry TD, Thurles Mayor Evelyn Nevin or Austin Broderick?
Who is going to save our town?
To find out come along and celebrate the spirit of Christmas at this year’s Source Christmas Panto.
Special group child rate and family tickets available.
Tickets available by phoning 0504-90204 or visit www.thesourceartscentre.ie
Thurles town can now boasts that it has a venue to support just about every conceivable activity and entertainment, both outdoor and indoor, known to mankind. But lets be honest Thurles Shopping Centre have added the crowning glory this Christmas season, with their creation of a 250 square metre indoor Ice Rink Arena.
 Thurles Ice Arena at Slievenamon Rd, Thurles, Co.Tipperary. This Ice Arena presents a spectacular vision of a “Winter Wonderland” scene, magically created next door to where Santa Claus and his many Elves will be resident during the weeks prior to Christmas eve.
Santa’s residence is a log cabin standing nicely secluded in a magical forest of real 14 ft Christmas trees, so young and old can come visit him in the privacy of his new home and whisper maybe just a hint of what they would prefer in their stocking this Christmas.
Santa has already visited the Thurles Shopping Centre in the past week, so you had better watch out as he was possibly checking who was naughty and who was nice, as he finalises his annual visit to homes in Thurles this Christmas Eve.
The new Ice Arena, purposely built by an experienced ice installation company, can cater for approximately 80 people each hour. The arena offers special family and group rates and a very special price for school groups, but remember bookings are on a first come first served basis so make sure that you are not disappointed.
Note also: Experienced skaters Chleo Woodlock and Sioban Cahill will be on hand to supervise and help the inexperienced skater to get started.
Don’t miss your chance to skate on this fabulous Ice Skating Arena and remember there is free car parking for 600 vehicles and over 25 superb retail outlets for shoppers to browse through at their ease.
To experience the sheer thrill of skating, visitors can make their booking by dialing a dedicated Ice Line at Telephone Number 0504-24655.
The full details are available at; http://www.thurles.ie/downloads/ice-rink.pdf
The Ice Skating Arena will run only until Sunday 10th January 2010, so don’t miss this opportunity.
Update: Click here for update.
“Das Riiiight, Come hell or high water, I’ll be in the Premier Hall, Thurles, on Saturday December 5th next”, stated Thurles Comedian Pat Shortt, when speaking to Thurles.Info today. Pat as always was looking at the funny side of life as flood waters crept closer to his home in the village of Castleconnell, Co. Limerick.
Pat stated that Castleconnell was now a village under siege. “Flood waters are dividing one side from the other, sure if I were to go for a pint or two, I’d have to get the boat home,” said Irelands number one comic.
 Comedian Pat Shortt Pat is currently in the middle of his sell out show “In the Hall” which is touring nationwide presently.
No stranger to Thurles, his place of birth, Pat Shortt is a household name in Ireland following his TV hit show “Killinascully”. Pat has a distinguished acting CV and has appeared with the Druid Theatre Company in their production of Martin McDonagh’s The Lonesome West. Movie title’s include Angela Mooney Dies Again (with Mia Farrow), This Is My Father (with Brendan Gleeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rae and James Caan) ,The Closer It Gets (with Ian Harte, Niamh Cusack and Sean McGinley), the award winning tragi-comedy Garage and in Man About Dog written by Belfast-born Pearse Eliot.
Tickets have sold fast for his new show which has been a sell out success to date.
Tickets are currently on sale at:-
Griffins News Agents, Liberty Square, Thurles Tel:0504- 22178.
Heartbeat City, Thurles Tel: 0504- 24699.
Golden Disks, Clonmel Tel: 0502- 21991.
Grogans Store, Cashel Tel: 062- 61533 and through Ticketmaster.
Make a Note Folks:
Saturday 5th December, Premier Hall, Thurles, Co Tipperary .
An ambitious planning application is expected to be lodged later this week in respect of a new entertainment development project near Thurles Co.Tipperary.
Businessman Richard Quirke has plans to build a massive entertainment facility which will include a five-star hotel, entertainment centre seating 15,000 people, casino, new racecourse for horses and a new greyhound track .
The horse racing course is designed to be similar to the Dundalk, Co Louth track, which successfully opened two years ago and received a grant of €10.2 million from Horse Racing Ireland (HRI).
The Dundalk track which is understood to have cost over €20 million is an all-weather, floodlit track and is viewed as a very sound financial venture.
It is understood this new proposed development will be on an existing 800-acre site close to the village of Two Mile Borris, at Noard House approximately five miles from Thurles town.
The chances of this project becoming a reality may end up being totally dependent on the results of a current review of policy regarding casino gambling in Ireland by the present Government whose decision is expected to be revealed towards the end of 2009 or early 2010. It is believed that now with the advent of Online Casino’s the government may change previous views held in relation to such matters.
Slot-machine tycoon Richard Quirke, a former garda, who boosted his fortune from his gaming arcade,”Dr Quirkey’s Good Time Emporium”, trading as Dublin Pool & Juke Box Company Limited, at 55-56, Upper O’ Connell Street, Dublin 1, is well-known in gaming industry circles. He was previously the owner of the Carlton Cinema site in the centre of Dublin, latter which he sold for an estimated €30 million. The accounts for his Dublin pool and juke box firm lists property worth more than €6m and income for himself and his wife Ann just under €3m. His son Wesley has been dating the former Miss World Rosanna Davison for approximately two years.
Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) officials would make no comment on this matter today at Thurles track, but sources close state that the HRI have had ambitions for a number of years regarding a new racing track in the Munster area.
The 2007 National Development Plan allowed for the provision of €70m to go toward helping finance new racecourses, however, in today’s very different economic situation, both the Government and the HRI have both called a halt to capital development funding.
 Storyteller Niall de Burca Traditional storyteller Niall de Burca will visit Thurles Library, Cathedral Street, Thurles on Wednesday next the 8th October 2009 at 2 p.m. This is a free event and is suitable for both adults and children and is promoted by Europe Direct Information Centre, Thurles Library.
Niall brings to life traditional Irish stories and rhymes that both entertain and enlighten his audience.
Raised in Galway on the west coast of Ireland and now living in Ireland’s capital Dublin, Niall is recognised for the diversity of his stories and with an ability to reach all ages. He is a familiar figure to many Irish children through his innovative school programmes. His “Storytelling As A Tool Of Education” workshops are highly recommended by educators. In May 2002 he received a Medal Of Excellence from the Heidleberg school district in Germany for his work with young authors.
Another important aspect of his work is the interpretation of museum and art gallery exhibitions. These include performances on the life and works of Max Ernst and kinetic sculptor Len Lye.
In October 2001 Niall produced the first storytelling series for the Museum of Country Life at Castlebar, County Mayo. At present he is creating a new collection of tales based on objects in the Museum’s collection.
In January 2004 he produced Blackwater Story stream, a peace and reconciliation initiative using storytelling to link together fifty schools in the border counties of Armagh, Monaghan and Tyrone. In November 2004 he directed Scéalta Shamhna, Dublin’s annual celebration of the oral tradition.
In 2005 Niall produced Tale Tellers, a CD of Irish teenagers relating traditional stories and rhymes.
Schools please note, this event should not be missed.
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