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Death Of Paddy Corbett, Formerly of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death, today Thursday 10th April 2025, of Mr Patrick, Thomas (Paddy) Corbett, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 and formerly of Borrisoleigh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his parents, his sister Joan and brother Ned, his brothers-in-law Sean and Paul and sister-in-law Dolores; Mr Corbett passed away peacefully, while in the care of staff at the Mater Hospital, Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin.

His passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his sorrowing family; loving wife Catherine (Kitty), sons Seán, and Seamus, daughters Suzanne and Sharon, grandchildren Allen, Catherine, Ben, Matt, Róisín, Seán, Tomás and Liam, sons-in-law Blane and Andy, daughter-in-law Carol, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Corbett will repose at Cunningham’s Funeral Home, Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin on Monday afternoon, April 14th, from 5:00pm until 7:00pm same evening.
His remains will be received into the Roman Catholic Church of St Brigid, Church Avenue, Blanchardstown on Tuesday morning, April 15th, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 10:00am, followed by a Service of Cremation at Glasnevin Crematorium, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Co. Dublin (Eircode D11 XA32).

For those persons who wish to attend Requiem Mass for Mr Corbett, but for reasons cannot, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Corbett family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Note Please: Family flowers only. Donations in lieu, if desired, to The Mater Foundation.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

FSAI Warn Of Sulphites, soybeans, & Gluten In Milano Drop Skin Drops.

Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) warn of the presence of sulphites, soybeans and possible presence of gluten in specific batches of Milano Drop Skin Drops.

Alert Summary dated Thursday, April 10th 2025.

Allergy Alert Notification: 2025.A12
Allergens: Cereals containing gluten, soybeans, sulphites
Product Identification: Milano Drops Skin Drops; pack size: 50ml
Batch Code: All batches with no batch code or best before dates.
Country Of Origin: Australia

Message: Specific batches of Milano Drop Skin Drops, which do not contain batch codes or best before dates on the product label, are being recalled.
The implicated batches contain soybeans and sulphites and may contain cereals containing gluten which are not declared in the list of ingredients.
This may make the batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of cereals containing gluten, soybeans or sulphites and therefore, these consumers should not eat the implicated batches.

Death Of Luke Cunningham, Late Of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death, on Tuesday last, 8th April 2025, of Mr Luke (Lúcás) Cunningham (O’Cuinneagáin), Dalkey, Co. Dublin and late of Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Aged in his 93rd year and pre-deceased by brothers Patrick, Michael and Thomas and sisters Margaret and Magdalen, and daughter Teenagh; his passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his sorrowing family; brothers James and John, sisters Clare and Lil, children Paul, Fiona, Daragh, Niamh, 9 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren, sons in law, daughters in law, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The remains of Mr Cunningham has been donated to Trinity College Medical School, 152-160 Pearse St, Dublin 2.

The extended Cunningham family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Note Please: Donations, in memory of the life of Mr Cunningham, can be made to the Forget Me Not Charity for Dementia, if so desired.

“The family of Mr Cunningham would like to thank the staff at Ferbane Care Centre for the care with which he was provided“.

In ár gcroíthe go deo.

Update On Allied Irish Bank’s Sponsorship Of One Hundred Million Trees Project.

Readers will be aware of previous discussions regarding the “One Hundred Million Trees Project”, sponsored by Allied Irish Bank (AIB), situated on Liberty Square, in Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Hereunder, please view a video, taken on the day of the planting, featuring so many of our local secondary school pupils.

This ambitious initiative, which deployed a novel planting technique perfected in Japan, known as The Miyawaki Method, is well on course to plant 550,000 trees across Ireland at hundreds of sites, by May of this year.
The project’s ambitious aim is to densely plant between 1,000 and 2,500 native Irish trees at a time across small areas of land using this ‘the Miyawaki method’, named after Japanese Botanist, Professor Akira Miyawaki.
This method of overplanting trees has been successful in creating over 1,700 forests worldwide, including three established forests here in Ireland.
By planting excess trees together, they grow considerably faster, denser, are more biodiverse, and most importantly create a very rapid carbon sink. This inexpensive approach requires significantly smaller planting areas and can be conducted on unused or fallow land across Ireland.
Dense areas of afforestation can also actually play a role in reducing the impact of forest fires, while at the same time provide excellent areas of biodiversity.
Thurles.Info will be returning to this area within the next few weeks to observe at first hand the progress made, following the planting of these trees.

Operation FEVER Results In Searches By Gardaí Targeting Child Sexual Abuse.

In all some nine locations have been searched by Gardaí and 18 devices seized as evidence, with further arrests expected to be made soon.

Gardaí are understood to have carried out searches at locations across the island of Ireland and seized 18 devices as part of an international operation targeting the sharing and distribution of child sexual abuse material.

These nine searches were co-ordinated by the Online Child Exploitation Unit within the Garda National Protective Services Bureau and were conducted by gardai attached to Divisional Protective Services Units, with a number of arrests now expected to be made within the immediate future.

Operation FEVER, led by the Polish National Police in conjunction with Europol’s Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (JCAT) and 11 other member states; has led to 166 arrests to-date, across the continent of Europe, of which 111 of those individuals arrested, known have shared or distributed child sexual abuse material.

Those arrested have also been identified as having produced paedophile films and images; run paedophile online forums, and are suspected of having physically abused children.

European police services with the support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); the National Crime Agency (NCA); the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), have carried out more than 770 searches across Europe, seizing in excess of 594,000 files contained on more than 6,000 illegal digital media platforms.