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 TCU Members Cash Draw Winners October 2012 Winners of the Thurles Credit Union Members Cash Draw 2012 have just been announced.
The winner of the October Cash Draw was Jackie Shorley, Kilahara,Dovea.
Pictured at the presentation (shown left) are Jackie Shorley (Winner) and John Fogarty (Deputy CEO. TCU.) Also in this photograph are children Jay, Stephen, Sarah and Gavin Shorley.
Congratulations to all the other cash prize winners also and these include Marie Britton Corbett, Springfield, Ballincurry; Catherine Kennedy, Knockehorna, Borrisoleigh; P.J. Harrington, Rossoulty, Upperchurch and St. Kevins FC, Two Mile Borris, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Note: Another advantage of being a member of Thurles Credit Union presently is that it can get you a discount of 10% off the cost of any Axa Insurance Private Motor Policy (Either new or renewal).
To avail of this welcome discount just drop into your local AXA Branch at 5 Liberty Square, Thurles or phone (0504) 21300.
To avail of this discount all you will need is proof of your Credit Union membership.
Thurles Credit Union run a Student Bursary Award competition for Leaving Certificate Students who are pursuing Third Level College and all winners for 2012 have just been announced.
 Thurles Credit Union Student Bursary Winners 2012. Gold: The winners of the two Gold Student Bursary Awards are Margaret O’Loughlin, Killinan, Thurles, Co Tipperary and Shannon Molloy, Bluebell Cottage, Lower Ballingarry, Thurles, Co Tipperary. Pictured above (right) are the winners of the two Gold student bursary awards with Mr DJ Darcy (President TCU) and Mr Donal Scannell (CEO).
Silver: The winners of the six Silver Bursary Awards are Ciara Moloney, Kennedy Park, Thurles; Deirdre Ryan, Park House, Rossmore, Thurles; Paul Bowden, The Forde, Graine; Ronan Guilfoyle, The Islands, Urlingford; Chloe Bourke, Monslatt, Killenaule, Thurles and Grainne O’Gorman, Cloncleigh, Two Mile Borris, Thurles. All winning students are pictured above (Left) with TCU President Mr DJ Darcy.
Well done and congratulations and to all concerned.
 The Government’s Residential Property Price Register was launched yesterday by Justice Minister Alan Shatter, so people who enjoy snooping on their neighbours, no longer need to peep from behind net curtains. Anybody interested in finding out how much their neighbour’s house sold for, can now snoop for the answer by clicking Here.
This new Residential Property Price Register is produced on line by the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) supposedly pursuant to section 86 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011.
The printable Excel Sheet offered by any online search, supplies details which include:- Date of sale of the property, Price paid and the Address of each property. For Example; No. 9 Monadreen, Thurles, Co Tipperary, €252,000.00, Second-Hand Dwelling house /Apartment & No. 8 Willowmere Drive, Dublin Road, Thurles, Tipperary, €155,000.00, Second-Hand Dwelling house /Apartment.
This Register includes information on residential properties purchased in Ireland since the 1st January 2010 to date, as declared to the Revenue Commissioners for stamp duty purposes, by the person or persons acquiring each property & possibly pasted & copied from latters Forms ST21 existing data base. However, important information like identifying the number of bedrooms etc in the case of each house property is missing, rendering the data base as useless unless you already know the address stated.
It is important to note that the Register is not intended as a “Property Price Index”. It is simply designed to provide, on an ongoing basis, prices of residential properties purchased at a particular date and in a particular location, as declared, so money ‘paid under the counter,’ will not be reflected.
This government will soon be reading our morning post.
 Yesterday evening the Department of Finance published a list of Ministerial Retirement Payments, stating how much was returned back to State coffers. These Pensions are paid to politicians who have held posts as ministers in previous cabinets. The total value of ministerial pensions handed out amounted to €4.1m.
The total amount surrendered to date was €178,600, which is equal to 4% of the total amount paid.
The Department of Finance list published reveals the following information:-
Padraig Flynn did not surrender any of his €47,800 pension.
Albert Reynolds did not hand back any of his €99,600 pension.
John O’Donoghue did not surrender any of his €53,000 pension.
Dick Spring did not hand back any of his €71,000 pension.
Former Fine Gael minister Ivan Yates, who successfully filed for bankruptcy in Wales, got a pension of €27,000.
Brian Cowen left office with a total package worth around €310,469, last year, making no voluntary contribution to the State.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin surrendered all €61,318.
Former junior minister Ivor Callely surrendered €258 of his €11,600 pension.
Maura Geoghegan Quinn surrendered her entire pension of almost €59,895.
President Michael D Higgins surrendered his full €6,000 pension.
Michael Wood handed back €4,100 of his €64,100 pension.
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern surrendered €14,600 of his €83,300 pension, however all included he received payments of €299,454.
Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore surrendered their full pension entitlements of €2,050 and €979, respectively.
Richard Bruton surrendered his entire pension of €1,900.
Former president Mary Robinson received €174,883 (Her combined Presidential and Oireachtas pension) and returned €15,499 to the State.
Former Tánaiste Mary Coughlan received payments totalling €242,131; Former communications minister Noel Dempsey received €297,590; Former justice minister Dermot Ahern received €294,412; Former Arts minister and Thurles native Mary Hanafin received a €282,539, Ex-PD leader & former Tánaiste Mary Harney received €298,893, all paid for by the taxpayer.
In the words of Minister Phil Hogan; “Thank you all for your genuine patriotism.”
 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD., announced today that he is re-opening the Agri-Environmental Options Scheme, AEOS, to new entrants.
Minister Coveney stated that “Despite the challenging budgetary constraints within the Department, I am delighted to be in a position to announce that I am providing €20m for the AEOS scheme which will open shortly for applications”. He said “the scheme will build on the success of both the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) and both AEOS 1 and 2 in delivering an annual income to farmers in return for farming to high environmental standards.”
A maximum payment of €4,000 per annum will apply to individual applicants under the re-opened scheme. The Minister said that as average payments in the past have been lower than the maximum, he is confident that up to 6,000 new participants can be accepted into the scheme.”
The Minister said that the scheme will be similar to previous years but that there will be some minor changes which are designed to target increased benefits to both participating farmers and the environment.
The Minister stated that “farmers will be paid to undertake identifiable and verifiable environmental measures from a menu of options”. He added that the scheme would “be attractive to farmers while also delivering real, worthwhile environmental benefits in the areas of bio-diversity, water quality and climate change. From that point of view, I am very pleased to announce the re-opening of the scheme again this year”.
As in earlier years, farmers with commonage land, designated Special Areas of Conservation or Special Protection Areas will be required to follow a ‘Sustainable Management Plan‘ prepared by a planner. However, those applicants will be given priority in determining access to the scheme. Applicants other than those requiring a sustainable management plan will not be required to engage a planner to complete their application form. In addition to the priority which will be given to designated land, the Minister said that applicants would be assessed on the basis of selection criteria reflecting previous participation in REPS, farm size and location in Disadvantaged Areas.
The Minister concluded by encouraging all farmers intending to apply for participation in the Scheme to look carefully at all of the information available to ensure that their applications are completed properly. Full details of the new Scheme, including the terms and conditions and application forms will be available in the next few days to his Department’s website at www.agriculture.gov.ie. Hard copies of all scheme documentation will be made available from the Department’s local offices and Teagasc offices nationwide in the next few weeks.
AEOS is a targeted agri- environment scheme and is part-funded by the EU under the Rural Development Programme, 2007-2013. The scheme specifically targets the three challenges of halting biodiversity loss, contributing to the improvement of water quality and combating climate change, latter which have been assigned the highest priority at European level.
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