Transport « Thurles Information

Fly Tipping & Total Disregard For Tax Payers Money.

The term “fly tipping” is derived from the verb tip, meaning to “throw out”, and from fly, meaning to “throw away carelessly”.

Simply put, “fly tipping” is the dumping of unwanted waste material illegally, onto land, for which no license has been acquired to accept waste. Characteristics quite often of offenders include construction and landscaping contractors.

Note, all of the pictures shown in the slideshow immediately hereunder are of individual signs, evidenced by their different backgrounds, with no picture repeated.

So we ask 4 simple questions:

(1) Does the failure to remove 34 plastic road signs and some 18 plastic bollards from a 1.4 kilometre stretch of the Yellow Lough road (R659) constitute fly tipping?
[For those of us who have difficulty with metric measurement, 1.4 kilometres represents 1,531yds or 229yds short of 1 mile in distance.]

(2) Why the need for 34 signs on a stretch of road measuring just 1531yds?

(3) What was the cost of these signs and how long more are we going to tolerate the shear waste of taxpayers hard earned money, same being squandered jointly by Tipperary County Council; Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Thurles Municipal District?

(4) How can Tipperary County Council bring those involved in fly tipping, before the courts for prosecution, when Tipperary County Council, themselves, together with Transport Infrastructure Ireland; Thurles Municipal District Council and their road building contractors stand guilty of similar transgressions?

Note: It became necessary to undertake road resurfacing on the R695, on a date beginning May 19th 2021 until May 25th 2021, (over 3 months ago) at which time all of these signs were then erected and now discarded.
Since then Mother Nature has begun to cover many of them over.

Work On New Holycross Road Roundabout Gets Underway

Work has eventually begun on the upgrade to the roundabout on the Holycross road.

Situated on the R-660, on Abbey Road, west of the town; funding of €75,000 had been allocated and announced for this project on February 1st 2019 last, some 2½ years ago.

Speaking to a few motorists, same are condemning the use of the motorway signage used in its construction, claiming that the eight massive signs now introduced, will block driving visibility, particularly facing west into late evening bright sun light, thus endangering pedestrians using the newly erected pedestrian crossings.

Agricultural contractors and members of the farming community are also unhappy with the overall upgrade, claiming the roundabout is too large and restrictive for the towing of trailers and other large machinery.

Word of warning to all motorists:
If you are travelling eastwards down Abbey Road, as you leave the roundabout do take care, [See Above] as a 4 inch deep pothole awaits to destroy a wheel rim or one of your tyres, on arrival at the other side.

Newly Constructed Drain On Liberty Square Thurles Suffers Set Back.

Tipperary County Council values as we are well aware are, as William Shakespeare once stated; “More honoured in the breach than the observance”, especially when it comes to issues like ‘partnership’, ‘collaboration’ and the development of ‘inclusive community’, not to mention their solemn promise, (try not to laugh), ‘To protect and enhance the unique identity of built, historic and natural environment of Tipperary for future generations’.

While the final drawings for the Liberty Square €9million upgrade remain ‘kept tightly under wraps’, by Tipperary County Council official’s from even the business people who depend on their future livelihoods in this area; today we notice that one small problem has raised its ugly head.

It would appear that at least one newly designed drain, responsible for extricating water from the street area is today fully blocked. Unless of course same was placed in that area as ornamentation.

Alas, time and the prevailing elements forbade us from checking out the area fully. However the shore blocked can be located directly opposite the vacant, once licenced public house, known as T. Morris, situated on the “money side” of lower Liberty Square.

Still not to worry, as builder Mr O’ Reilly said to Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, “If the good Lord ment us to worry, he would have given us something to worry about”.

Gardaí Seek Your Immediate Help.

**Image Courtesy An Garda Síochána**, **Tipperary**.

Gardaí, covering the Clonmel area of Co. Tipperary, are appealing for immediate assistance from the public, in relation to the theft of 4 different Catalytic Converters stolen from vehicles in the the areas of Clonmel, Drangan and Cloneen, between the 10th and 11th of August 2021 last.

It is believed that 4 male individuals travelling in a Blue Skoda Octavia (sports type) may have been involved in these 4 thefts.

Gardaí, today, are appealing to people with CCTV or Dashcam footage to make contact with them on Tel: 052 6177640.
Clonmel Gardaí are also appealing for people to be vigilant of their property and that of their community and to report immediately any suspicious activity to your local Garda Station.

Gardaí Investigate Vehicle Collision Near Thurles, Co. Tipperary

Thurles Gardaí attended at the scene of a road traffic collision in the area of the Horse & Jockey near Thurles, Co. Tipperary yesterday (August 3rd 2021) at approximately 5.50pm.

The Vehicles involved included a lorry and a motorcyclist.

A man understood to be from the locality, aged in his 50s was injured and taken to Cork University Hospital for treatment.

A man in his 80s was arrested and conveyed to Templemore Garda Station.
He was later released, pending a file being forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Investigations remain ongoing.