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An Bord Pleanála have decided to hold an oral hearing into the proposed Tipperary Venue project, mooted by businessman and former garda, Richard Quirke, on his 900 acre site near Two-Mile-Borris, outside Thurles, Co Tipperary.
North Tipperary County Council has already granted planning permission to Mr Quirke for his development, known as ‘The Tipperary Venue‘, but that decision was since been appealed to An Bord Pleanála by An Táisce and others.
No date as to when the hearing will take place is publicly known, but full details are expected to be announced shortly with the hearing likely to take place in the coming weeks.
 Model of proposed Two-Mile-Borris Casino The proposed project would includes a 500-bedroom hotel, equestrian centre, horse racing course, greyhound racing track, 15,000-seat indoor entertainment venue, and a replica of the White House in memory of its designer, Kilkenny born architect James Hoban.
Fianna Fail supporter and Independent TD Michael Lowry, who is supporting the €460 million casino project, to be situated near the village of Two-Mile-Borris in Tipperary, had been turning up the heat on Fianna Fail for the report and publication of the new Gaming Laws and has always denied that the Coalition’s sudden interest in changing these gaming laws was not a precondition for his support of last December’s budget.
However, some supporters of Fianna Fáil last December did privately express a sense of unease, regarding the building of another ‘Ghost Structure’ in the Irish countryside, thereby putting the welfare of a few gamblers above the welfare of the whole nation.
Many people feel that this project will takes money out of the pockets of a large number of people, while funnelling it into the pockets of a smaller number. Many claim that the promise of jobs, by this project, always tend to be filled by foreign workers desperate but content to earn a crust for basic minimum wages.
Thurles businesses have also expressed reservations regarding the longer term outcome of this project, feeling it will eventually undermine and eradicate existing services and jobs already firmly established within this area.
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 Leinster’s Rugby second-row Trevor Hogan has been forced to retire from the game because of a knee injury.
The 31-year-old Tipperary native, who was capped four times for Ireland over a seven-year professional career, has finally had to give up, following medical advice.
Trevor, who attended Nenagh CBS and Dublin City University, played with Nenagh Ormond, Dublin University and Blackrock College RFC before joining Shannon RFC in 2002, whom, the latter, he helped to victory in the All-Ireland League.
Trevor made his first start for Munster in 2003, where he went on to win 57 caps, 5 in the Heineken Cup. While at Munster, he won his first Irish cap in 2005 against Japan during the Lions Tour.
He since went on to win 3 caps for the National side, to win 23 caps, including 7 Heineken cup caps, scoring 2 tries in the process.
He played for Munster until 2006, before joining Leinster in the 2006 season, and was part of the squad which won the Magner’s League in 2007-08 and the Heineken Cup the following year.
Injury severely hampered his involvement with Leinster this season, and his last game was against Dragons in November last. In all, he has made fifty nine appearances for the province, on top of fifty seven appearances for Munster
He has cited his decision to retire from rugby, at all levels, on forced medical grounds, caused by persistent knee injuries over the last number of years.
 Thurles Greyhound Stadium Everyone of us enjoy a night at the dogs and next month people will have the opportunity to bring the whole family Greyhound racing in aid of a very worthy cause.
On February 26th next the Irish Greyhound Board will host its first ever multi venue family benefit night, in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland.
In association with the Irish Examiner, the event will take place across 10 locations including Thurles Greyhound Stadium, with all funds raised being distributed both nationally and to regional branches of Down Syndrome Ireland.
Tickets to this family friendly evening will include access to all races, plus a race programme. All venues involved in Tipperary will have entertainment, goodie bags for children, raffles and auctions, as well as all the thrill of the chase.
There will also be a weekend break for two up for grabs at each venue, courtesy of Select Hotel Ireland.
Head of Marketing for the Irish Greyhound Board, Orla Strumble, said the organisation were delighted to be involved in this worthy fund raiser.
Family tickets for the night cost just €20 for 2 adults and up to 4 children while individual tickets will cost €10.
Remember the Date – February 26th 2011 – Thurles Greyhound Stadium.
 Jimmy 'Butler' Coffey. (26th Oct 1909 – 29th Dec 2010) The death occurred, on December 29th last, of the former Tipperary hurler Jimmy ‘Butler’ Coffey, at the grand old age of 101.
Mr Coffey was born in Chapel Lane, Newport, County Tipperary in 1909. He played hurling with his local Newport club and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1931 until 1940. Mr Coffey held the distinction of being one of the oldest living senior All-Ireland medal winners and had turned 101 in October 2010.
The Newport native won an All-Ireland medal at wing-forward in 1937 against Kilkenny, marking the legendary Paddy Phelan in a game played in Killarney, due to on-going work at Croke Park. The press report on the All Ireland final against Kilkenny at Killarney stated: “The half forward line composed of Doyle, Treacy and Coffey was outstanding. The Newport man, assuredly one of the best forwards to don the county colours for several years, was the best of the three. Opposed by Paddy Phelan, who had made the entire Tipperary forward line look like novices in an earlier league game in Carrick-on-Suir, Coffey careered around, a bundle of energy. As a resolute and determined hurler, possessed of great stamina and dash, he kept ‘hell for leather’ after his rival for fifty yards. Most hurlers would have given up – but not Coffey. He not alone overtook his opponent but dispossessed him and sent the ball flying goalwards with a great delivery.”
The Coffey brothers Jimmy Jack and Mick recorded a unique achievement in 1935 when all three of them shared the substitutes bench for the senior championship game against Limerick here in Thurles.
He also collected a Railway Cup medal in 1938 on a star studded Munster team which included former Jack Lynch.
For his club, Mr Coffey won North Tipperary senior championship medals in 1932 and 1935.
Following his retirement from inter-county hurling, he played club hurling in Limerick, winning county senior hurling medals in 1947 and 1948 with Ahane.
He trained the Cappamore team that brought county titles to the parish in both junior and senior grades. He was also a selector with Mick Mackey on the Limerick team that won the Munster title in 1955.
Mr Coffey was buried, following Requiem Mass at Cappamore Church, on Saturday last at 11.30am in Ballinure Cemetery.
Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.
 John Doyle, in earlier days, being congratulated by adoring fans. It is with great sadness we learn of the death of legendary Tipperary hurler and Holycross native Mr John Doyle.
John was widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game and is one of only a handful of players to have won All Ireland medals in three separate decades.
John Doyle, an only child, was born in Holycross, County Tipperary on the 12th of February 1930. His mother died in the first week of his birth and he was raised by his father on their family farm. Educated at the local Gaile National school near Holycross, he later attended Thurles Christian Brothers School.
From an early age he showed a great interest in hurling, and it was in the CBS that his skills were further developed and nurtured by the then Christian Brothers at the school.
He played hurling with his local Holycross-Ballycahill club from the 1940’s until the 1970’s and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1949 until 1967.
John’s status as one of the all time greats of hurling is self-evident by his many honours and achievements:
2 Munster Minor Hurling Medals – 1946, 1947.
2 County Minor Medals – 1947, 1948.
1 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Medal – 1947.
8 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Medals – 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, and 1965, a record he shares with old rival and Cork’s own legend Christy Ring.
10 Munster Senior Hurling Medals – 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967.
11 National League Medals – 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955 (Capt.), 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965.
6 Railway Cup Medals – 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1963.
3 County Senior Medals – 1948, 1951, 1954.
4 Mid Tipp Medals – 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954.
6 Oireachtas Medals 1949, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965.
John had also been the recipient of numerous awards and honours off the field.
In 1964 and again in 1992 his hurling prowess earned him the prestigious “Texaco Hurler of the Year” award. In 1984 he was named in the left corner-back position on the GAA Hurling Team of the Century. He was also named in the right corner-back position on the GAA Hurling Team of the Millennium in 1999.
In 2009 he was named in the Sunday Tribune’s list of the “125 Most Influential People In GAA History.”
His status as one of the greatest players of all time was further enhanced in 1984 and again in 2000 when he was named on the Gaelic Athletic Association’s Hurling Team of the Century and the Hurling Team of the Millennium.
He remained a member of the Tipperary senior panel from 1949 until 1967.
Following his sporting career he entered politics and was elected to Seanad Eireann in 1969 and served until 1973.
In retirement from inter county hurling, Doyle continued to work on his farm in Holycross until his death on Tuesday last.
Speaking today, GAA president Christy Cooney stated:
“I wish to express my sincere sympathies and those of the whole of the GAA, to his family on their sad loss. John made an immense contribution to the Association over the course of his life. This spanned from his remarkable success on the hurling field with eight All-Ireland medals, right up to his contribution at national level. He is regarded as one of the best defenders ever to grace the game of hurling.”
John is survived by his wife Anne, his sons Johnny and Michael and daughters, Collette, Margaret, Anne-Marie, Sandra, and Liz.
Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.
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