The young, the old, the brave and the bold came, their duty to fulfill. [Line from verse 2 -“Spancil Hill”]
Sliabh na mBan Meadows Annual Spring Clean
A large turnout of persons, all residents of Sliabh na mBan Meadows housing estate, eagerly set about their annual Good Friday clean, on April 2nd last.
Strictly observing National Public Health Guidelines regarding C-19 virus restrictions; eight determined women and two men, equally displaying resolve, (one ‘trailer man’ missing from picture) armed with shovels, yard brushes, spades and rakes, arrived out to start their own Easter Rising of 2021.
Woe betide any weeds, leaves, or discarded other, that came into their field of vision; same quickly finding themselves in the dark insides of a black plastic refuse sack, and “before you could say Jack Robinson“.
For your pedagogy, tutelage and finer edification, (which is ever only available here on Thurles.Info); John (Jack) Robinson was Lord Mayor of London in 1662, and was also Constable of the Tower of London, latter a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. Same Mr Robinson built a much loved reputation for being able to speedily condemn a felon, before having him swiftly transported to the Tower, to have his head severing off. [Nice friendly sort of guy.]
Meanwhile, even the signposts got a rub of a wet dishcloth. Result, within two hours, one pristine, immaculate and shining Sliabh na mBan Meadows estate.
Well done folks, community spirit lives on in Thurles.
It looks like we’ll be enjoying some nice weather over the Easter weekend. If you are out and about please be sure to “Be Safe, Be Seen” by wearing High Visibility clothing, whether it’s daylight or night.
Good Friday.
Good Friday is set to be a bright and dry day with sunny spells and moderate breezes from the northeast. Southeast Munster is expected to get the warmest weather with highs of between 13 to 16 degrees Celsius across the province.
Easter Saturday.
Sunny spells and mild weather will continue into Easter Saturday with temperatures expected to hit highs of between 10 to 13 degrees Celsius.
Easter Sunday.
It looks like the rain will return after lunch on Easter Sunday with temperatures dropping to as low as 8 degrees Celsius in places.
Easter Monday. Easter Monday will be cooler still, with northwesterly winds accompanying lower temperatures of between 3 to 7 degrees Celsius.
We pointed this Thurles bottle bank problem out less than 5 weeks ago, on February 22nd last, resulting in the area being cleaned. Four weeks later, it is back to square one.
Filthy dirty glass collection containers sit, once again packed to overflowing, with bottles falling out and broken glass littering the ground.
“Covert CCTV will Capture Offenders”.
On these filthy, dirty bins; in large white and yellow lettering, we read a sign declaring, “Do not leave boxes or bags – full or empty. Covert CCTV will capture offenders”.
Same sign now raises at least 4 obvious questions:
If working, why then can those employed to operate the CCTV, not observe that the bin containers are full to capacity, spewing out part of their intended load?
If “Covert CCTV will capture offenders” why the need for private individuals to phone 1800 20 26 27, to inform contracted collectors that their unhygienic bins are overflowing?
Surely, if local citizens actively carry out their civic duty, showing concern for the condition of their local community, then should they not be actively encouraged and fully supported in their actions?
With the flood water subsiding on the Drish river flood plane, close to Manor Mill Bridge (today better known as Byrne’s Mill bridge), evidence suggesting further illegal dumping reveals itself.
The two tyres have appeared close together, thus suggesting that they were callously dumped over the bridge wall, by someone with little respect for other people.
It should be noted that it is a criminal offence not to dispose of tyres in an appropriate manner.
It should be remembered that the rubber from recycled shredded tyres has many uses, e.g. in playground areas, as equine bedding or on football pitches. The steel recovered from recycled tyres is also a valuable resource.
Some recycled tyres can also be retreaded. Note, a retreaded truck tyre requires only 33% of the oil utilised in manufacturing a new tyre, thus making a saving of up to 56 litres each time a truck tyre is retreaded.
The cost of recycling a tyre is minimum, €2.80 for a car tyre and €1.50 for motorcycle tyres.
His macro photograph of an orange ladybird was originally photographed at the Cabragh Wetlands site, situated south of Thurles town.
Mr Doherty was one of only 12 photographers, shortlisted from some 7,000 entries to the competition, and will now receive a trophy and a cash prize of €1,000, for his talented efforts.
Orange ladybirds are a bright orange in appearance, with light brown antennae and between 14 &16 creamy white spots on its outer wing casing. The edges of their wing cases are slightly transparent. They grow in size up to 5mm, feeding mainly on mildew that forms on leaves, together often with the leaves themselves and sometimes small aphids.
Keep an eye out for our orange friend, during the months between March and October, especially on the leaves of ash or sycamore trees.
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