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Covid-19 Update: Thur. 18th Feb. 2021 – 47 Deaths – 901 New Cases.

Only YOU and you alone can stop the current chain of virus transmission.

The Department of Health have confirmed that there have, sadly, been 47 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,082.

There have been 901 new additional virus cases reported within the republic today, or 12,042 in the past 14 days. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 212,647.

Relative to midnight last night, (February 17th), 19 further cases of Covid-19 were confirmed over the previous 24 hours, here in Co. Tipperary, with 240 cases identified within the same area; within the past 14 days.

Of the cases today; 437 are in Dublin, 49 in Limerick, 43 in Galway, 39 in Kildare, 32 in Meath, with the remaining 301 cases located across all other counties.

There are 771 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 151 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

In Northern Ireland, sadly, 6 further people have died from Covid-19, with 297 new confirmed cases today.
Meanwhile Northern Ireland’s lockdown has been extended to April, but some primary school pupils will return to class on March 8th next.

The Vatican has informed their employees that they may risk losing their jobs if they refuse to get a Covid-19 vaccination ,without legitimate health reasons. Getting vaccinated they stated was the responsible choice, because of the risk of harming others.

HSE Chief Executive Mr Paul Reid has confirmed that Ireland is on track to deliver 80,000 vaccinations this week.

Some 182,193 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) here in Ireland up to February 15th, with 98,388 having received their second dose.

EU Commissioner for Ireland, Ms Mairead McGuinness, has stated that the Commission is hopeful that the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine will be approved shortly, and that 200 million doses on order for EU states, should see Ireland receiving some 2.2 million doses.

The total world wide number of cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, are now standing at well over 110 million confirmed cases, with global deaths well over 2.43million.

Please Stay Safe – By Staying at Home.

Planning Application For 24,500 Ton Recycling Dump In Thurles Launched.

The planning application by Ryan Cleaning Event Specialists Ltd, for a 24,500 tonnes, per annum, waste facility, close to an already granted 5,000 ton facility, both to be located at Cabragh Business Park in Thurles, can now be viewed in detail.

Click HERE to view in full and having opened the online page: –
Next – Go to pale green tab centre marked ‘View scanned files.’
Next – Click on box centre of uploaded page, marked ‘I Agree‘ and then click on ‘View Files‘.
View the relevant Planning Application data, by clicking on the various blue ‘JPEG View‘ links right of image.

Do remember that the file number assigned to this planning application is 21158.

Planning Application States.

Development Address: Cabragh Business Park, Ballycurrane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

a) a single storey material recovery and transfer facility building (of floor area 1031 m sq).
b) a single storage detached prefabricated office building (floor area 60 m sq) with signage on both buildings.
c) vehicular access to the site is via the as constructed existing entrance.
d) a service yard with vehicle weighbridge and vehicle washing area with the site.
e) on-site staff and visitor car parking and truck parking areas.
f) all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development with boundary treatment and landscaping.
g) all associated site works consisting of petrol interceptor and silt traps and connection to existing septic tank and upgraded percolation area with all associated site works (the application relates to an activity requiring a waste facility permit from Tipperary County Council, the waste tonnage for acceptance and handling at the facility will not exceed 24,500 tonnes per annum).

For the many angry local residents, with young families, now residing and paying heavy mortgages; who have contacted Thurles.Info, and who are living in the immediate area of the Cabragh Business Park; you can find more information on the planning application process, by visiting HERE.

It is expected that local councillors (especially those with a financial interest), will support this planning application, thus turning Thurles into a dumping ground, with waste from neighbouring counties being dragged through and stored in the centre of a residential area.

Residents should now write to both local TD’s, namely Mr Lowry / Mr Cahill and to all Thurles Municipal District Councillors asking: – (A) Do they hold any financial interest in either dump, present or purposed, within the Cabragh Business Park venue, which we understand is also being used temporarily, by yet another independent recycling group, namely Ryan Brothers, Mill Road? (B) Will they commit to opposing any other such planning licence, now and into the future?

Covid-19 Update: Wed. 17th Feb. 2021 – 57 Deaths – 650 New Cases

Only YOU and you alone can stop the current chain of virus transmission.

The Department of Health have confirmed that there have, sadly, been 57 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 4,036.

There have been 650 new additional virus cases reported within the republic today. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 211,751.

Relative to midnight last night, (February 16th), 24 further cases of Covid-19 were confirmed over the previous 24 hours, here in Co. Tipperary, with 243 cases identified within the same area; within the past 14 days.

Of the cases today; 192 are in Dublin, 53 were in Galway, 50 in Meath, 46 in Kildare, 46 in Cork, with the remaining 263 cases located across 19 other counties.

There are 650 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 154 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

In Northern Ireland, sadly, 6 further people have died from Covid-19, with 297 new confirmed cases today.

Some 180,192 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) up to last Saturday, with 91,750 having received their second dose. The breakdown of vaccines that have been administered todate shows:- Pfizer-BioNTech – 254,365; AstraZeneca – 14,185 and Moderna – 3,392.

Because of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the Irish Cabinet Education Sub-Committee has wisely cancelled the Junior Certificate Examinations for this year.
Subject to the agreement of Unions, Leaving Cert students will get the option of ‘calculated grades’ or a ‘written exams’, latter which will incorporate all subjects studied.

Meanwhile, the European Commission has said it has struck a deal for an extra 150 million doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine this year, nearly doubling the number of shots secured from the US biotech firm for 2021.

The total world wide number of cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, are now standing at over 109.6 million confirmed cases, with global deaths well over 2.42 million.

Please Stay Safe – By Staying at Home.

Jigsaw – The National Centre For Youth Mental Health Comes To Thurles

We understand a lease was signed on February 5th last, on a premises to house the ‘Mental Health’ charity ‘Jigsaw’, [Registered Charity Number CHY 17439], at the Technology Park, Nenagh Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Services from the new premises are expected to be delivered from May/June next, depending on future current national public health guidelines, regarding Covid-19 virus restrictions within the building trade.

Building modifications will be required internally to facilitate Jigsaw’s preferred design and layout, however the recruitment process will commence soon, to select some seven permanent positions to staff the new unit. This qualified team is expected to include a Lead Manager, a Psychologist, a Mental Health Nurse, an Occupational Therapist and a Social Worker and Administrative Staff.

The new Thurles central venue will be the base, which will serve outreach hubs in both Nenagh, to the North and Clonmel, to the South of Tipperary; both as yet to come on stream.

Covid-19 Update: Tue. 16th Feb. 2021 – 33 Deaths – 744 New Cases

Only YOU can stop the current chain of virus transmission.

While the vaccination programme for people aged 85 years and older has begun in some GP practices today; this evening the Department of Health have confirmed that there have sadly been 33 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 3,980.

There have been 821 new additional virus cases reported within the republic today. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception, here in the Irish Republic, at 211,113.

Relative to midnight last night, (February 15th), 17 further cases of Covid-19 were confirmed over the previous 24 hours, here in Co. Tipperary, with 235 cases identified within the same area; and within the past 14 days.

Of the cases today; 301 are in Dublin, 77 in Galway, 37 in Waterford, 36 in Offaly, 32 in Kildare, with the remaining 261 cases located across all other counties.

There are 861 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and of that number, 159 are in ICU’s, according to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub.

In Northern Ireland, sadly, 9 further people have died from Covid-19, with 341 new confirmed cases today.

The European Medicines Agency has stated that Johnson & Johnson has applied for authorisation for its coronavirus vaccine in the EU; latter developed by Janssen-Cilag International N.V., with an expected decision expected possible by the middle of next month.

Some 176,926 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE) up to last Saturday, with 91,625 having received their second dose.

The total world wide number of cases identified up to 5:30pm this evening, are now standing at over 109.2 million confirmed cases, with global deaths well over 2.41 million.

Please Stay Safe – By Staying at Home.