Thurles Information

The Bank Of Ireland have announced that 28 service centres will close across four locations in Ireland, resulting in the loss of some 200 jobs expected overall.

These centres, understood to presently give employment to 419 people involved in administration and support services, are due to close their shutters by the end of this year.

Locations affected will include Co. Tipperary, with these jobs being centralised as part of the B O I’s restructuring efforts. Affected staff are expected to be able to apply for new roles within the company or to involve themselves in the acquiring of early retirement options.

Branch networks remain unaffected by this latest announcement.

Mr Chris Lehane, Official Assignee in Bankruptcy in Ireland, is seeking a declaration from the High Court relating to the beneficial ownership of property transferred into the sole name of Mr Albert Perrin by his wife Mrs Heather Perrin.

Mrs Perrin is understood to have transferred the property situated at Lambay Court, Malahide, Co. Dublin, into her husband’s sole ownership, in 2012, a month after she had been sentenced to 2½ years in jail for deceiving a then 83-year-old client.

Mrs Perrin is understood to own a half-share in a large two-storey house, complete with stables and 5 acres of land, purchased in 2005 and situated at Ballykelly outside of Cashel, in Co Tipperary, in the heartland of horse breeding and racing country.

Mrs Perrin, who to date is the only Irish judge ever to have been given a prison sentence; declared herself bankrupt in 2016, asserting debts of some €572,000 to Ulster Bank; €500,000 to the Irish Revenue Commissioners and €19,753 owed to three separate credit-card companies. Mrs Perrin’s debts are understood to have exceeded her liabilities by some €865,890.

Mrs Perrin, who had a solicitor’s practice in the coastal suburb of Fairview, Dublin, before being appointed to the bench, had her son’s name written in to the will of an elderly client, Mr Thomas Davis. Her daughter Sybil was also set to receive a share of €500,000 or half his estate, before the deception was uncovered.

The transferred stated property was put on the market by Mr Perrin, one year later in 2013, with a guide price of €650,000, but was later withdrawn from sale. Dublin house prices today would indicate that this property is worth possibly €1million, with a nearby property having exchanged hands for €1.125m in 2010.

A number of other parties are also believed to have lodged claims on the property on the basis that Mrs Perrin still retains a beneficial interest. They include Glenda Gilroy, alleging theft from her son, Gareth, a minor; Noel T. O’Hanrahan, the solicitor who bought Perrin’s Fairview practice when she became a judge, and the Frederic Ozanam Trust, which runs St Vincent de Paul, in relation to a €40,000 bequest made by a client of Mrs Perrin.

Deputy Michael Lowry TD has welcomed funding of €106,351, made available today, for the county of Tipperary, under the Local Youth Club Equipment Scheme.

The Scheme was initially developed to support the work of youth volunteers, to enhance the experience of members, and to provide vital equipment to local youth clubs and groups. The funding was provided through the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone T.D., and the Scheme is administered by Tipperary Education and Training Boards.

These grants will assist clubs in the purchase of camping, gaming, sports and audio visual equipment. Other clubs, for example, have used the grant, in the past, to purchase musical equipment, latter which would have otherwise remained unavailable to members.

The Youth organisations who are the beneficiaries of funding are shown as follows:-
Boys Brigade Roscrea €5,000.00; Boys Brigade Nenagh €4,840.00; Buion Naomh Nicholas Guides €5,000.00; Cashel District Girl Guides €4,713.00; Clerihan Foróige Club €4,875.00; Clonmore Youth Group €5,000.00; Cosy Café Carrick €5,000.00; Drom & Inch Youth Club €5,000.00; Girls Friendly Society Cloughjordan €3,327.00; Girls Friendly Society Nenagh €5,000.00; Girls Friendly Society Roscrea €5,000.00; Holycross Youth Club €5,000.00; Kilsheelan Foróige Club €4,934.00; Lattin Cullen Junior Youth Club €4,994.00; Lattin Cullen Senior Youth Club €4,870.00; Moyne Templetuohy Girl Guides €4,307.00; Order of Malta Cadets Cashel €5,000.00; Order of Malta Cadets Thurles €4,995.00; Roscrea Youth Centre €5,000.00; Scouting Group Cahir €5,000.00; Scouting Group Carrick on Suir €4,515.00, and finally Scouting Group Cashel €4,981.00.

“This funding is extremely welcome and will continue to support the excellent and valuable work undertaken by youth volunteers, enabling them to enhance the experience of members within the Youth Club sectors”, stated Lowry.