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Temporary Traffic Management, Turtulla, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Public Service Announcement – Commuters Take Note.

**Turtulla Junction, N62 Thurles, Co. Tipperary**.

Temporary Traffic Management will be operational on the N62 at Turtulla Junction, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, beginning, Thursday October 16th 2025 until October 17th 2025.

Delays can be expected.

Thurles Blisters Burst After Just 6 Weeks.

Blister tactile paving, installed in early September of this year; same, as part of the long awaited and current upgrading at the junction at Irerrin Road and Kickham Street in Thurles, are already disintegrating.

**New blister style tactile paving & kerbing shows signs of physical breakdown just 6 weeks after installation**.

This paving is designed especially for visually impaired pedestrians (and those with the more modern affliction of staring intently at their mobile phone screens, surfing Google), while out walking.

Seriously, same should indicate controlled and uncontrolled street crossings, thus warning pedestrians that the pavement is about to end and the road begins.

The paving on this junction indicates an uncontrolled crossing and is earth buff (light earth brown) in colour, same designed colour to provide an additional visual cue for those with low vision.

Sadly, as in this case, engineers in their design, failed to understand that same are not suitable for busy street corners or for parking areas where 18 wheeler trucks halt, forced to park on a narrow street in an effort to off-load their merchandise.

Ah, sure it’s only another €1,000 or so of taxpayers money to spend to correct; a small price to pay for engineering stupidity.

Proprietors Of A Thurles Home Refusing To Accept Another Winter Of Council Inaction.

For the second consecutive year, the proprietors of a house on the Dublin Road, east of Thurles, is being relentlessly flooded, and they are refusing to accept another winter of inaction.
The cause is not a natural calamity, but a man-made one: a raised, sloped footpath, installed by Tipperary County Council, now channels rainwater directly into their home.

**Photograph of internal damage and rising damp caused by water ingress**.
*Pic: G. Willoughby*.

Despite repeated calls to Thurles Municipal District Council staff, and despite entreaties to local elected councillors, not one single corrective step has been taken in the past two years.
After the heavy rain early this morning, we filmed video evidence-plain and unmistakable-that identifies water streaming down the garden path to flow under the front door, thus saturating the front hallway and creating rising damp, which today is visible, creeping mercilessly upward on the interior walls.

Outside, the tarmac footpath, which the council built, same is already sinking, forming a dangerous slope unto the property, turning the approach to the house into a funnel for floodwater.

We have this evening sent copies of the video and images to Ms. Sharon Scully (Thurles Municipal District Administrator) and Ms. Sinead Carr (CE, Tipperary County Council), asking that they immediately contact the elderly occupants, whom we have named in our correspondence.
The proprietors are terrified that a night of heavy rain will see their furniture floating, their home destroyed, and their security swept away.
The proprietors are now seeking immediate and urgent remedial action and full restitution for the damage caused by the councils inaction.

From Mid-West Region To Kenya: Clean Ireland Recycling Helps Build New Disability Centre.

Mid-West firm Clean Ireland Recycling is backing Irish charity Project ESPWA in building a new disability centre in Bamba, Kenya, set to open in early 2026.

The facility, which will cater to hundreds of children and adults with disabilities, has been steadily taking shape through multiple volunteer missions from Ireland.

**Pictured L-R above:** **Mr Pat Barry** *(Project ESPWA)* **and Mr Brian Lyons and Diarmaid O’Donnell** *(Clean Ireland Recycling)* **pictured with another shipment of building materials, ahead of its departure for Kenya**.

Clean Ireland Recycling, which operates throughout County Tipperary, is providing building materials that are scarce locally, including timber, door locks, hinges, electrical sockets and switches. The shipment recently left Cork Port bound for Kenya.

Managing Director Mr Brian Lyons, who has a son with disabilities, will travel to Bamba with volunteers in February 2026 to help complete the centre.

Mr Lyons said the project is “very much driven by personal connections,” particularly the inspiration of long-time ESPWA volunteer Mr Pat Barry and board member Mr Dan Ducey.

Project ESPWA, whose name means “hope” in Haitian Creole, has worked in crisis-affected communities worldwide since 2010. Each year, skilled Irish volunteers travel to Kenya to build schools, deliver clean water and support local communities.

“We have been inspired with stories of their work, from building a school in Shirango, Kenya, to the emotional moment locals saw clean water flow from a new borehole for the first time,” he added.

Mr. Lyons said the partnership “highlights how local businesses can make a tangible difference overseas, providing not just materials but hope and opportunity to some of the world’s most disadvantaged communities.”

Clean Ireland Recycling provides waste management services across Tipperary, Clare and Limerick . With more than 35 years’ experience, the award-winning company has a strong record of supporting charitable projects both in Ireland and abroad, combining professional expertise with social and environmental responsibility. See website www.cleanireland.ie.

Fatal Road Traffic Collision In Co. Tipperary.

Gardaí are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the N24 at Cahir, Co. Tipperary, this morning, Sunday 21st September 2025.

The collision, which took place at approximately 11:05am, involved a motorcycle and a van. The motorcyclist, a man aged in his 70s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. No other injuries were reported.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward.
Road users who were travelling in the area between 10:45am and 11:15am and who may have phone camera footage or dash-cam footage are asked to make same available to investigating Gardaí.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Cahir Garda Station Tel: (052) 7445630, the Garda Confidential Line Tel: 1800 666 111, or indeed any Garda Station.

Further investigations are continuing.