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Large Oyster Mushroom Enjoying Tipperary Soft Weather.

Oyster Mushroom (Hypsizygus ulmarius)

Spotted this week in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, an oyster mushroom making the most of the mild autumn weather; a perfect reminder of how resilient and fascinating these woodland dwellers are.

Oyster mushrooms are among the most popular edible fungi in Ireland, known for their delicate flavour and firm texture. They are versatile in cooking and can be added to soups, pasta, and stir-fries, or sautéed as a side dish.

They typically grow high up on the trunks and branches of broadleaf hardwood trees in mixed woodlands.

**Large Oyster Mushroom** *(Hypsizygus ulmarius)*, **Thurles, Co. Tipperary**

Their fruiting bodies are semicircular or shell-shaped, often with smooth, pale caps that catch the light in forests. Though similar in look to other oyster-like species, this particular variety, Hypsizygus ulmarius, belongs to a different genus entirely. Its Latin name offers a small map of its habits: hypsi meaning “high up”, zygus referring to a “yoke”, and ulmarius translating to “of the elms”, its favourite tree host.

You’ll usually find these mushrooms sprouting individually from branch scars and wounds on living elms and box elders, though they occasionally make their home on beech, maple, willow, oak, or even, as in this case, an apple tree.

While they prefer living trees, slowly causing white rot in the wood, they can also thrive on fallen trunks and decaying branches. That duality, living as both parasite and saprotroph (Latter an organism that feeds on or derives nourishment from decaying organic matter), makes them remarkable survivors, feeding either on the living or the dead.

So next time you’re walking through a Tipperary woodland, look up, not down. The quiet life clinging to the bark above might just be an oyster mushroom enjoying the same soft weather as the rest of us.

Thurles Traffic Diversion On N75 To Facilitate Road Resurfacing.

From Tuesday, 28th October 2005 to Tuesday, 4th November 2005 there will be a traffic diversion in place on Kickham Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Traffic diversions will be eastward via Mitchel Street and southwards unto Boheravoroon (Borroway), enabling vehicles to facilitate long awaited road resurfacing operations.

Tipperary County Council apologise in advance for any inconvenience that may be caused.
Any concerns or queries in relation to the works, may be directed to the contact numbers below or alternatively, to the Roads Capital Office of Tipperary County Council at Tel: 0818 06 5000.

Government Approval Granted To Progress Criminal Law Bill 2025.

Government gives approval to progress the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and International Instruments) Bill 2025.

Bill will includes measures to:

Introduce ‘Jennie’s Law’ – a new publicly accessible Domestic Violence Register of Judgements managed by the Courts Service
Strengthen the law on sexual consent
Replace the term ‘child pornography’ in legislation with more appropriate term of ‘child sexual abuse material’

The Irish Government has approved the drafting of legislation to establish a publicly accessible Domestic Violence Register of Judgements, same to be published by the Courts Service. This new law will allow those convicted of domestic violence against a partner or former partner, to be publicly named on this Register of Judgements.

The General Scheme of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and International Instruments) Bill 2025 will also:

Strengthen the law on sexual consent.
Bolster our legislation on preventing and combating human trafficking;
Remove dual criminality in respect of certain offences including forced marriage; and
Replace references to “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material” in legislation and in legal proceedings.

The General Scheme will now be referred to the Justice Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny and, when its report is received, work on finalising the Bill will be prioritised.

In practice, this means that when a person says they thought the other person had consented to sexual activity, this must be based on objective circumstances and not simply be the subjective belief of the accused. Under the new legislation this will apply not just to sexual intercourse but to all types of sexual activity between adults.

The proposed Register of Domestic Violence Judgements is a mechanism to facilitate publication of written judgments following conviction on indictment for serious offences relating to domestic violence, setting out details of the offence, the perpetrator, and other relevant information. Once issued, judgments will be published on the Courts Service website. The Court will retain the discretion to decide if a judgment should be delivered in a specific case, and the victim must provide their consent. The Register of Domestic Violence judgments will also signpost users to guidance on reporting domestic violence incidents and information on domestic violence supports.

In line with EU obligations and Council of Europe recommendations, the General Scheme also removes the requirement for dual criminality for sexual violence offences including rape, forced marriage, female genital mutilation and forced abortion and forced sterilisation. Until now, if such offences were committed abroad by an Irish citizen, they could not be prosecuted by the State unless this behaviour was also a crime in the place where it occurred.

The General Scheme can be read in full here: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and International Instruments) Bill 2025.

Piseógs Talk in Cashel Library, Co. Tipperary.

Piseógs were the most common form of curse used in old Ireland, a Piseóg being a superstitious belief or practice, charm or spell.

Piseógs are traditional Irish curses often associated with rural communities and folklore. Same can be used to cause misfortune to others, steal their luck, or influence events, and are often cast with the intention of causing harm.
The very fear of the piseóg itself was often considered a significant part of the curse, sometimes more damaging than the actual act itself.

Join Maura for Folk Magic of Piseógs in Cashel Library, on Thursday 30th October at 2.30pm.
Note: Adult Event.

This is just one of the many free events at Cashel Library each year.
Do Remember booking is essential to Tel: 062-63825.

Death Of Louise Haughney, Formerly Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with sadness that we learned of the death, yesterday Monday 20th October 2025, of Ms Louise Haughney, Woodlawn, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, and formerly of Ballybeg, Littleton, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by her mother Noreen and brother Fintan; Ms Haughney passed away peacefully following a long illness.

Her passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her sorrowing family;loving father Tom, sisters Katrina and Úna, brothers David and Tomás, brothers-in-law Deckie and Andy, sisters-in-law Denise and Angéle, nephews Fintan Óg, Neásan, Odhrán, Aodhan and Luca, nieces Aoife and Tara, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Ms Haughney will repose at Devitt’s Funeral Home, Lower Green, Cashel, (Eircode E25 P383) tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday October 22nd, from 5:30pm until 7:30pm same evening.
Her remains will be received into the Church of Our Lady and St Kevin, Ballydavid, Littleton, Thurles to further repose for Requiem Mass on Thursday morning, October 23rd at 11:30am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in Two-Mile-Borris Cemetery, Thurles Co. Tipperary.

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

The extended Haughney 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 of flowers, if desired to Irish Cancer Society in memory of Ms Louise Haughney

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.