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Drama Festival Week 2011 Begins At Holycross Tipperary

With St Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, so why not take a night out and enjoy some traditional festive fun by attending the Tipperary Drama Festival, in Holycross, Thurles, Co Tipperary.

This major annual event takes to the stage for the week beginning the 18th March next to 26th March inclusive.

The hosts of this hugely attended Tipperary Festival, namely Holycross/Ballycahill Drama Group, have been successfully running this event since 1983.

This year the festival will present some great nights of theatre, performed by passionate theatre groups from all over Ireland, in their newly restored St. Michael’s Community Centre, beside the 13th century Abbey of Holy Cross, former which now boasts comfortable seating, including a balcony area, for some 500 of its patrons.

Curtain rises at 8.30pm nightly during the festival, except for the final night, which will be 8.00pm.

Admission: Each night €12, with Student’s and O.A.P’s enjoying an entrance concession of €6. Of course best value is their Season Ticket costing, I understand according to their Facebook, a mere €60 for all 9 performances.

Tipperary Drama Festival, Holycross, Thurles, Co Tipperary.

Tipperary Drama Festival Programme 2011

Fri 18th March: Holycross/Ballycahill DG ‘Lovers At Versaille ‘ by Bernard Farrell.

Sat 19th March: Skibbereen Theatre Society ‘A Kiss On The Bottom ‘ by Frank Vickery.

Sun 20th March: Conna Drama Group ‘Stolen Child ‘ by Yvonne Quinn & Bairbre Ni Chaoimh.

Mon 21st March: Schull Drama Group ‘Kindly Leave The Stage ‘ by John Chapman.

Tues 22nd March: Silken Thomas Players ‘Angels In America ‘ by Tony Kushner.

Wed 23rd March: Bunclody/Kilmyshall DG ‘The Mai ‘ by Marina Carr.

Thurs 24th March: Brideview Drama Group ‘The Clearing ‘ by Helen Edmundson.

Fri 25th March: Palace Players ‘Doubt – A Parable ‘ by John Patrick Shanley.

Sat 26th March: Nenagh Players ‘Out Of Order ‘ by Ray Cooney.

Promises to be a week we can all look forward too, so to use the well-known idiom in theatre which means ‘good luck’ – “Break A Leg Everyone”

Free Local Business Directory

Free Tipperary Business Directory

Businesses operating in Co Tipperary are now invited to join our ‘Local Directory‘, free of charge.

Over 120 product suppliers and service providers have already discovered this free directory and have signed up, in an effort to improve business by introducing themselves to over 1,000 readers each day.

Introduce Your Business To A Wider Audience

If you would like to put your business forward, for inclusion in this free directory, please follow the simple instructions given hereunder:-

Click on the Thurles Directory Tab situated at the top of the Thurles.Info Home Page.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page and click on Submit A Listing.
In the box marked Title – place your Name or Business Trading Name.
In the box marked Link – place your Website Address. (Ignore if you do not as yet have a website.)
In the box marked Email – place your Email address.
In the Category Box – click the down arrow symbol and choose a suitable category which best describes your business activity. (Note: If there is not a category already included, which adequately describes your business activity, ignore and we will be happy to add one for you.)
In the Description Box include your Phone Numbers (Land Line and Mobile), your Fax Number, your Postal Address and any other information which you feel is relevant. Please also use this space to state what Category you would like to be included under, but only if a category is not as yet already available. Please also include here your Facebook address details also.
Then press Submit.

Note: Your details submitted will not appear immediately in this Directory, as, in the interests of security, details will require the approval of our sites administration.

If you would like to include a picture of your Business Premises or Business Logo, please contact our Site direct, by clicking Here to arrange and discuss a Featured Listing.

Special Fuel Deal On Coal And Briquettes At Thurles Co-Op

A Warm Coal Fire

With all the bad news and power wrestling we had to digest today, its nice to discover at least one ray of sunshine in our midst.

Centenary Thurles Co-Op are running, only until the end of this month or while stocks last a Fuel Extra Special Offer from their yard on the Templemore Road, out of Thurles Town.

Details of this very special offer are as follows:

Five 40kg size Bags of premium Polish coal for just €68.00 – equal to €13.60 per bag. (If my calculator is correct.)
Five bales of Briquettes for just €17.00 – equal to €3.40 per bale.

From our research this is the cheapest quality premium coal price currently available in County Tipperary.

Do be aware that 40kg size Bags of coal trading under the name of “Black Gold ” are out and about for sale at €13.00 a bag, but take my word for it, we have tested same and regard it as inferior and very poor value for money.

Sale is subject to cash and must be collected, so borrow that car trailer or grab the wheel barrow and make the trip while these stocks last.

Beware Misleading Discount Marketing Strategy

Laminate Flooring

Consumers please do beware of marketing strategy currently at large. We must all learn that promised 50% discounts by leading retailers should immediately beg the question in our minds as interested consumers “50% of what initial starting price?“.

Allow me to give you an example of this current marketing strategy of which I speak, and by doing so demonstrate, at first hand, the importance of always shopping local, when ever possible.

New discount sales advertised on television by Noyeks, Ormonde Business Park, Kilkenny, offering 50% discount on Laminate Flooring, is not the real bargain it might first appear to be.

A call by phone today to Noyeks, Kilkenny requesting a price for Commercial Laminate Flooring for 3 x 10ft x15ft bedrooms, revealed a quote price of €520 if collected from their store.

A similar call by phone today to Stakelums Homevalue Hardware Racecourse Retail Park, Nenagh Road here in Thurles requesting a price for Commercial Laminate Flooring for 3 x10ft x15ft bedrooms revealed a quote price of €459.76 with the product delivered to your door.

This, for me, represents a saving of €60.22, plus €10.00 in fuel costs, plus a two hour return journey from Thurles. Both products are the same good quality and Stakelums have no Discount Sale running presently.

Makes you think, no?. I felt like parking my cement truck in their front gates.

Note: I did not have the time to contact other quality Thurles suppliers like Pat Hickey, Ikerrin Rd,Thurles or J.Ronayne, Arro Home and Garden, Dublin Road, Thurles for their price.

However this is further proof that it pays to ‘Shop Local’ my friends, so always check it out first.

Free Competition For XBox Game Madden NFL

Madden NFL 11 Xbox 360 Game

Following the success of previous free competitions, our readers are invited to enter our latest contest, with a chance to win the fantastic Madden NFL 11 XBox 360 Game launched just recently.

This game is sponsored by Europe’s fastest growing Irish gaming web site – The Gaming Liberty. com

The question to be answered is:- “Who won the 2009 NFL League Season ?”

To enter this competition visit the ‘Competition’ Section on the top right sidebar of this page and carefully pick your answer.

Remember entry is completely free and you have just one chance to win. Test your Google search skills if you do not know the answer and the best of luck.

Note: This competition ends at 12.00pm, on October 31st 2010.

Winner will be notified by email.