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Mum & Dad Please Take Note: The Source Family Open Day in Thurles is the July 6th next, 2013.
As part of Play Day & Recreation Week, The Source Library and Arts Centre, in conjunction with The Source Café and Thurles Leisure Centre are hosting a day of family entertainment and live music. So bring the family and celebrate National Play and Recreation Week with us in Thurles.
Thurles Library (www.tipperarylibraries.ie or Tel: 0504 – 29720).
11.00am – Story Time with Breda. Come along to the library and let Breda entertain the little ones with stories. (Suitable for 3-6 year olds.)
12.00 Noon – Pirate Hat Making. Help us launch the Treasure Island Summer challenge; make your own pirate hat with Jane. (Suitable for 5-9 year olds.)
11.30am – 1.00pm ‘Play Station,’ for under 5 year olds by North Tipperary Childcare Committee.
The Source Arts Centre (www.thesourceartscentre.ie or Tel: 0504 – 90204).
11.00am – Backstage Tours (20 capacity, 20 mins). Get a tech tour behind the curtains. See how lights and sound work to create a great live show. Must be booked in advance at box office.
12.00pm – Whitenoise Beatbox Workshop for 11-14 years, – €10 – Theatre.
2.00pm – Whitenoise Beatbox Workshop for 15-18 years, – €10 – Theatre.
White Noise has performed as a beatboxer throughout the world for over a decade, imitating drum kits and DJ routines. White Noise’s beatbox workshops are immensely popular and have been held throughout Ireland. The workshops serve as an introduction to the fascinating world of beatboxing.
1.00pm – 5.00pm – Kraft Korner – gallery. Claire and Aileen return with their fabulous crafty projects for children.
1.00pm – 3.00pm – Facepainting – gallery. Let Danielle and Sam transform you into a stunning ‘Butterfly’ or a cool ‘Spiderman.’
2.00pm – 5.00pm – Barbecue (BBQ) on the Boardwalk. Enjoy sizzling meats and salad with a refreshing drink from the bar.
4.00pm – Live Music on the Boardwalk. Local band ‘Le Noise,’ will provide afternoon entertainment on the boardwalk. Expect appearances from special guests too!
Thurles Leisure Centre (www.thurleslc.ie or Tel: 0504 – 58640 ).
Pool party for children – further information can be obtained from Thurles Leisure Centre.
 The government has approved the continuation of Mobility Allowance and Transport Grants until at least October of this year, when a working group will devise a new scheme and report back to Cabinet.
Thousands of people with severe disabilities receiving this monthly allowance were told four months ago that this payment would be cut. The government were informed by the Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, that it was acting in contravention of the Equal Status Act by not allowing anyone over 66 years old to be eligible for the allowance, latter which is used to help people with a disability with the high costs of transport.
The department then stated that it could not afford to extend the grant, because it would cost up to €100m a year to give people over 66, this mobility allowance and as much as €200m over a three year period.
Ministers today agreed a new scheme to provide individual payments to people with severe disabilities who require additional income to address the costs of their mobility needs.
A working group will now devise the scheme and report back to Cabinet by October of this year.
 Local Councillor Gerard Fogarty reports:
Thurles Order of Malta will be holding a scrap metal collection as part of their fund raising campaign for the final phase of their current new building project.
The collection will take place this weekend, Friday 24th and Saturday 25th May from 12pm-6pm. The drop-off point is at the Order of Malta headquarters, situated at Bohernavroom, Borroway, Thurles.
If you want scrap collected please contact: Joe at Telephone – 0864137272 or Pierce at Telephone – 0872024517, or simply email thurles@orderofmalta.ie.
All scrap metal welcome including: copper, old gates, old doors, aluminium etc.
Please remember no electrical items, i.e. Fridges, Washing Machines etc, as latter are not acceptable for this project.
All proceeds from this fund raising event will go to finance the final phase of the Thurles Order of Malta building project.
So please do support this very important and worthy local project and make a little extra space in that garden shed or garage.
 Anne Riordan representing the Irish Heart Foundation has asked us to mention that volunteers working for the Happy Heart Appeal are around Thurles all this week.
Heatons Homewares are generously supporting this event nationwide this year.
If you have some free time to volunteer and assist please do call Telephone No. 087 270 1689.
Existing local volunteers will be available to take your donation, however small, here in Thurles at the following locations:- Thurles Post Office, Tesco, Costcutters in Friar Street and at Thurles Shopping Centre. Donations are also being accepted at the Anner Hotel, Naomi’s Café Westgate and at your local chemist.
Anne wishes to thank all these locations for their co-operation and points out that donations are also accepted anytime online at irishheart.ie
If you have any concerns about heart or stroke problems please call Telephone No. 1890 432 787.
 According to latest figures supplied by the Health Service Executive (HSE), over 5,600 patients in Limerick, which supplies health care services to North Tipperary, are waiting more than four years for an outpatient appointment.
There are 1,473 patients waiting at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Dooradoyle.
At the end of February, the Mid-Western Regional Orthopaedic Hospital in Croom had 4,148 patients waiting four years or more.
There were 105,632 patients waiting over a year for a first consultant outpatient appointment nationally across Ireland. The hospitals listed with the longest overall outpatient waiting were:- University College Hospital Galway with 41,035 patients, Waterford Regional with 28,625, Tallaght Hospital with 26,119, Limerick Regional with 23,098, Cork University Hospital with 22,944 and Beaumont Hospital with 22,206.
Meanwhile, plans for the new €14m healthcare facility in Balbriggan, North Co Dublin have now been granted planning permission by Fingal County Council today. You might remember that this centre came to national prominence last year after it emerged the Minister for Health Mr James Reilly added Balbriggan to a list of places chosen for primary care centres, after the final list had already been drawn up by the HSE.
In relation to some prescription medicines, Minister of State Alex White has revealed that for the country’s medical card holders, the number of prescriptions for Viagra has risen from 29,000 in 2000, to 115,00 in 2012. Viagra has cost the Irish taxpayer €28million under the general medical services scheme, since being introduced into Ireland in 1999.
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