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A Cherry Cherry Merry Christmas.

**Santa Claus is arriving in Thurles this very evening**.

Reminder: This evening (December 9th, 2022) around 6:00pm, Santa Claus (Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa), will be passing through Liberty Square in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, so organise yourselves.

A Cherry Cherry Merry Christmas.

Vocals and Lyrics: Neil Diamond

Wish you a very merry, cherry cherry Christmas,
And a holly holy holiday, too.
Underneath your tree may there always be,
Sounds of harmony, not a song sung blue.
Just a very merry, cherry cherry Christmas,
And if all of those who love you gather near,
You’ll have a very merry, cherry cherry, holly holy
Rock and rolly Christmas this year.
When the snow drops on the treetops,
It’s a pretty amazing scene.
Hear the choir, light the fire,
Feels like pretty amazing grace if you know what I mean.
Oh yeah, it’s Christmas time.
In a world of make-believe I’m a believer,
And I believe in things not always understood.
But the things you feel make believing real,
That’s why Christmas feels so good, so good, so good.
When you imagine all the world as one great chorus,
You’re gonna learn that every voice has got a song,
Let’s raise a Christmas toast of red, red wine,
We’ll even sing Sweet Caroline while the whole world sings along.
I hear music in the sound of children laughing.
It’s a beautiful noise that fits you like a song.
Makes you wanna have a very merry, holly holy
Cherry cherry Christmas time the whole year long.
The whole year long,
Sing your Christmas song.
The whole year long
Cherry Christmas, everyone.

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Great Christmas Ballads.

“Scarlet Ribbons“

The folk style ballad, “Scarlet Ribbons” was written in just 15 minutes in 1949 in Port Washington, New York, with lyrics by the late Minnasota native Jack Segal and music by the late Texas native Evelyn Danzig Levine.
There have been many recorded versions on several recorded Christmas albums, but none better than that by the great American singer, Grammy Award winner, activist, actor and current 95-year-old Mr Harry Belafonte, (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr).

I peeped in to say goodnight,
Then I heard my child in prayer,
“And for me some scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons for my hair”.
All the stores were closed and shuttered.
All the streets were dark and bare.
In our town, no scarlet ribbons,
Not one ribbon for her hair.
Through the night my heart was aching.
Just before the dawn was breaking.
I peeped in and on her bed,
In gay profusion, lying there,
Lovely ribbons, scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.
If I live to be a 100,
I will never know from where,
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons,
Scarlet ribbons for her hair.
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A Song For A Sunday.

Let there be peace on earth.

Vocals: Crystal Gayle. Composers: Jill Jackson & Sy Miller.

This song is performed worldwide throughout the year, and particularly during the Christmas season.
It is included in the hymnals of a variety of Christian denominations.
It is also sung by those not connected with religious or spiritual matters. Keeping in mind an extract from the prayer Desiderata (“Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.”) the words “God as our Father” is replaced with “Earth as our Mother” and “Father” is replaced with “creator”. The words “brother” is replaced with “family” or “each other”.

Let there be peace on earth,
And let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth,
The peace that was meant to be.
With God as our father,
Brothers all are we.
Let me walk with my brother,
In perfect harmony.
Let peace began with me.
Let this be the moment now.
With every step I take,
Let this be my solemn vow.
To take each moment,
And live each moment in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth,
And let it began with me.
Let there be peace on earth,
And let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth,
The peace that was meant to be.
To take each moment,
And live each moment in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth,
And let it began with me.

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Drug Driver Caught As Tipperary Gardaí Test Drug Wipe Apparatus.

The Tipperary Roads Policing Unit, carrying out patrols this evening, intercepted a vehicle for having a number of defects.
The driver later was arrested on suspicion of Drug Driving, after failing a drug test for Cocaine, using the new Garda DrugWipe apparatus.

Gardaí are deploying a new drug testing device for drivers as and from today, to coincide with the start of their Christmas and New Year Road Safety campaign.

This new apparatus will test for a wider range of drugs and will be used by every roads policing unit in our Republic, thus forming a central part of the garda campaign over the next six weeks.

The new test, as stated in the video shown above, can deliver, for the first time, results in around eight minutes and can test for cannabis, cocaine, benzodiazepines and opiates, as well as amphetamines and methamphetamines.

Meanwhile, yesterday, Tipperary Roads Policing Unit stopped a vehicle after it turned away from a checkpoint here in Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
It was found that the vehicle’s driver had never held a licence or insurance.
The vehicle was immediately seized, with a court appearance expected to follow.

Happy 83rd Birthday Tina Turner.

Ms Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on this day, November 26th, back in 1939. The American-born, Swiss singer, song-writer and actress remains still today the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, who rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, before deciding to launch a successful career as a solo performer.

To-date, justifiable her records have sold over 100 million copies worldwide, thus making her one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.

She has, to-date, also received 12 Grammy Awards, which include eight competitive awards, three Grammy ‘Hall of Fame’ awards, and a Grammy ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award.

She became the first black artist and first female vocalist to feature on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Rolling Stone ranked her among the 100 Greatest Artists of all time and the 100 Greatest Singers of all time.
Ms Turner has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St. Louis Walk of Fame. She is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, [with Ike Turner in 1991 and as a solo artist 30 years later in 2021].

Ms Turner retired in 2009, after her “Tina! 50th Anniversary” tour. She married husband Mr Erwin Bach in 2013 at Lake Zurich, in Switzerland, and shares an idyllic home named “Chateau Algonquin”, with her family also in Zurich.

She is also a 2005 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honours and Women of the Year award.

Happy Birthday Ms Turner – You’re still simply “The Best”.

“The Best”
Lyrics by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman.

I call you when I need you, when my heart’s on fire.
You come to me, come to me, wild and wired.
When you come to me give me everything I need.
Give me a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams.
Speak the language of love, like you know what it means,
And it can’t be wrong, take my heart and make it strong, baby,
You’re simply the best, better than all the rest,
Better than anyone, anyone I’ve ever met.
I’m stuck on your heart, I hang on every word you say.
Tear us apart, baby, I would rather be dead.
In your heart I see the start of every night and every day.
In your eyes I get lost, I get washed away.
Just as long as I’m here in your arms, I could be in no better place.
You’re simply the best, better than all the rest.
Better than anyone, anyone I’ve ever met.
I’m stuck on your heart, I hang on every word you say.
Tear us apart, no, no, no, baby, I would rather be dead.
Each time you leave me I start losing control.
You’re walking away with my heart and my soul.
I can feel you even when I’m alone, Oh, baby, don’t let go.
You’re the best, better than all the rest.
Better than anyone, anyone I’ve ever met.
I’m stuck on your heart, I hang on every word you say.
Tear us apart, no, no, baby, I would rather be dead.
Oh you’re the best.
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