Thurles Information

Please do remember at this difficult time, that essential contact phone numbers for Thurles, Templemore, Borrisleigh, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris, Horse & Jockey and Holycross are available to view HERE.

NOTE: Businesses named in the latter contacts indicated immediately above, whose establishment details are followed by the letter D (after their name and telephone number), convey the ability to provide a Home Delivery Service, thus allowing you, yourself, to continue social distancing.

On a day when there are 2,700 HSE staff unavailable for work, due to being either Covid-19 positive, or who have been in close contact with another positive case; the Department of Health have confirmed this evening that sadly there has been 20 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 2,327.

There are 8,248 new additional virus cases reported today, three cases of which are the new Covid-19 variant that originated in South Africa. This leaves the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 135,884.

According to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub, there have been 922 new recorded cases in the past 14 days, in Tipperary, an increase of 156 in the past 24 hours, up until midnight last night, January 7th 2021.

Confirmed Infection Rates per each Electoral Division in Co. Tipperary in the 14 days between 22/12/20 and 04/01/21 show: –
Newport – 123 cases.
Cashel-Tipperary – 78 cases.
Nenagh – 76 cases.
Clonmel – 63 cases.
Cahir – 57 cases.
Thurles – 55 cases.
Roscrea-Templemore – 50 cases.
Carrick-on-Suir – 33 cases.

Of today’s cases nationally; 3,013 are in Dublin, 1,374 in Cork, 538 in Limerick, 314 in Kildare, 310 in Donegal with the remaining 2,699 cases located across all other counties..

There are now 1,180 patients with Covid-19 in hospital in the Republic, with 109 patients in intensive care units.

There has been a 100% uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine in residential care homes so far, according to Ms Anne O’Connor (Chief Operations Officer with the HSE).

In Northern Ireland today, sadly an additional 20 deaths from Covid-19 were reported, with another 1,434 new infections confirmed.

Important Note: People who are travelling to and from Covid-19 tests are being strongly requested not to open their car window, if stopped at a Garda checkpoint. Gardaí request instead that drivers and passengers display their test appointment confirmation, through closed windows.

Non-essential construction has ceased this evening until at least the end of January, as part of new restrictions introduced on Wednesday last; in an effort to slow the spread of the third wave of the Covid-19 virus. Excluded from this ruling are specific Covid-19 health projects; housing adaptation grants; repairs critical to maintenance for rail, utility projects and roads.

Minister for Education Norma Foley has stated that it is the “firm and shared objective” of all those in the education sector that Leaving Certificate exams will take place this year following her u-turn regarding the Leaving Cert 3 day return to Irish classrooms. [One wonders who the “Shared” are; obviously and correctly not all front-line educaters or their unions].

Total global cases up to 5.30pm this evening, now stand at well over 88 million, with global deaths well over 1.90 million.

Please rediscover the spirit of solidarity – remember: “Only YOU can stop the chain of transmission.”

Please Do Stay Safe.

Please do remember at this difficult time, that essential contact phone numbers for Thurles, Templemore, Borrisleigh, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris, Horse & Jockey and Holycross are available to view HERE.

NOTE: Businesses named in the latter contacts indicated immediately above, whose establishment details are followed by the letter D (after their name and telephone number), convey the ability to provide a Home Delivery Service, thus allowing you, yourself, to continue social distancing.

With the Covid-19 reproduction rate now between 2.4 and 3; the Department of Health have confirmed this evening that there have sadly been 10 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 2,307.

There are 6,521 new additional virus cases reported today, leaving the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 127,675.

According to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub, showing data relevant up to midnight: Tuesday January 5th, 2021, there have been 2,336 confirmed killer Covid-19 virus cases here in Co. Tipperary to date; with 777 new recorded cases in the past 14 days, an increase of 175 in the past 24 hours, up until midnight last night, January 6th 2021. Currently earlier today there were 78 patients with Covid-19 receiving treatment within University Hospital Limerick, latter facility which serves North Tipperary; with six people in intensive care units.

Of today’s cases; 2,174 are in Dublin, 571 in Cork, 382 in Limerick, 342 in Waterford, 315 in Wexford; with the remaining 2,737 cases located across all other counties.

In Northern Ireland today, sadly an additional 17 deaths from Covid-19 were reported, with another 1,410 new infections confirmed.

The rollout of the vaccination programme for Tipperary nursing homes was brought forward from January 11th to today Thursday, January 7th. Residents and healthcare staff at the Thurles Community Hospital of the Assumption were vaccinated today as part of this rollout.
Mrs Frances Hearne, a 90 year-old woman from the Mullinahone area, become the first patient at the Thurles facility to receive the vaccination today, while Ms Nessa Merrigan, a Clinical Nurse Manager 1 (CNM1) was the first staff member to benifit.

The Cabinet had agreed yesterday to close schools from next Monday, due to rising Covid-19 infections; but Leaving Cert students had been allowed to attend three days a week. However, this evening the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) have directed teachers not to return to classrooms. The ASTI claim that they were not consulted before yesterday’s announcement and had not been provided with the necessary assurances that schools are sufficiently safe for students and teachersin the context of the new variant of Covid-19 currently circulating within local community.

There are now 1,043 patients with Covid-19 in hospital in the Republic, with 96 patients in intensive care units.

Total global cases up to 5.30pm this evening, now stand at well over 87.5 million, with global deaths almost 1.89 million.

Please rediscover the spirit of solidarity – remember: “Only YOU can stop the chain of transmission.”

Please Do Stay Safe.

Please do remember at this difficult time, that essential contact phone numbers for Thurles, Templemore, Borrisleigh, Littleton, Two-Mile-Borris, Horse & Jockey and Holycross are available to view HERE.

NOTE: Businesses named in the latter contacts indicated immediately above, whose establishment details are followed by the letter D (after their name and telephone number), convey the ability to provide a Home Delivery Service, thus allowing you, yourself ,to continue social distancing.

“Every individual in Ireland should consider themselves potentially infectious. Our health system will not continue to cope with this level of impact.” – Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan

The Department of Health have confirmed this evening that there have sadly been 17 further deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic; leaving the overall death toll, here in the Republic of Ireland, remaining at 2,299.

There are 7,836 new additional virus cases reported today, leaving the current total number of confirmed cases, since conception in the Irish Republic, at 121,154.

According to Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub, showing data relevant up to midnight: Sunday January 4th, 2021, there have been 2,212 confirmed killer Covid-19 virus cases here in Co. Tipperary to date, with 625 new recorded cases in the past 14 days, an increase of 113 in the past 24 hours, up until midnight last night, January 5th 2021.

Of today’s cases; 2,263 are in Dublin, 1,373 in Cork, 496 in Louth, 345 are in Limerick, 340 in Meath, with the remaining 3,019 located across all other counties.

The Cabinet has agreed to close schools from next Monday, due to rising Covid-19 infections, but Leaving Cert students will be allowed to attend three days a week. For obvious reasons, this decision by government will be regarded as being totally out of touch with regard to activities involving social distancing by students over Xmas. It had been hoped that Leaving and Junior Cert examinations, could have had holidays shortened at Easter and Summer in order to allow for social distancing until the end of January, keeping in mind that Ireland has exceeded the peak level of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 921 people now in hospital. [Last record of 881 hospitalisations occurred on April 15th 2020.]

The Cabinet has also decided that non-essential construction will stop at 6:00pm on Friday next. However, essential construction projects exempt will include health projects specific to Covid-19; housing adaptation grants; repairs critical to the maintenance of rail and roads.

Passengers arriving from Britain and South Africa will now need to have a negative PCR test for Covid-19.

The European Medicines Agency has approved the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for use. This is the second vaccine for the novel coroanvirus to receive approval from Europe’s medicines regulator, following the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, which was approved last month.

There are now 921 patients with Covid-19 in hospital in the Republic, with 88 patients in intensive care units.

Total global cases up to 5.30pm this evening, now stand at close to 87 million, with global deaths well over 1.87 million.

Please rediscover the spirit of solidarity – remember: “Only YOU can stop the chain of transmission.”

Please Do Stay Safe