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Calling All Thurles & District Tourism Service Providers

Following a meeting last month with a representative from the Thurles Tourism Group ‘Hidden Tipperary,’ and called by the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Mr Alan Kelly TD, an open meeting of Tourism Service Providers are now invited to meet directly with the Minister, in St.Mary’s Famine Museum at 5.30pm on Thursday, December 5th, 2013 next.

Those providing Tourism Service, e.g. Restaurant owners, Fast Food providers, Publicans, Travel Agents, Accommodation providers (Both B&B and Hotel) and those providing /managing local visitor attractions, are all invited to be in attendance.

Those expected to be in attendance will include representation from Lar na Pairce GAA Museum, St.Mary’s Famine Museum, Slattery Museum, Upperchurch Development Association, Hayes Hotel, Cabragh Wetlands Development Group, Holycross Tourism Group, Una Ryan of Marketing Eye, Thurles Chamber of Commerce and Tipperary Tourism Board, to name but a few.

Thurles Town Must Continue To Progress – A Lot Done, More To Do In The Coming Year

The Minister is anxious to hear from those in attendance, new constructive ideas which could lead to job growth and greater tourism traffic in the Thurles and greater surrounding areas.

The venue, St.Mary’s Famine Museum was decided as an appropriate meeting place to enable unfamiliar Tourism Service providers to observe at first hand an attractions readily available to their visitors and situated on their front door. Similar future meetings are expected be organised with Lar na Pairce, Upperchurch, Holycross and Cabragh Wetlands etc.

The Minister is hoping that by this meeting an umbrella group, formally non existent, can now be formed which will work closely together to improve the tourism sector in Thurles and surrounding areas and has committed himself to adding his shoulder to the wheel where possible, in an effort to progress local tourism needs.

The Hidden Tipperary Tourism group state that they strongly support and welcome Minister Kelly’s initiative and look forward to working closely with his department.

It is now hoped that as many Tourism Service Providers as possible will turn out to meet with the Minister.

Directions To Thurles Famine Museum.

(Click on Icon on Map hereunder for Directions & type present position in Box A provided underneath Map.)

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Lar na Pairce Thurles Where Gaelic Games Come Alive

Are you in or close to Thurles, Co Tipperary, tomorrow afternoon, Friday October 11th? Why not take a ‘Late Lunch,’ if you are, because Lár na Páirce, the G.A.A. Museum situated here on Slievenamon Road, in the town, will be re-opening its doors, following extensive renovation and upgrading, with the event beginning at 2.30pm.

To perform this official re-opening tomorrow G.A.A. President, Liam O’Neill, will be in attendance, to cut the customary blue and gold ribbon and the museum itself will continue to remain open to the public from 2.00pm – 4.00 pm. To facilitate your visit tomorrow, historian Mr Seamus King and his team will be on hand to take you on a free tour throughout this wonderful newly revamped facility.

For those of you not familiar with the museum building of late, Lár na Páirce was the first museum in Ireland dedicated to telling the story of Gaelic Games, well why not, after all lest we forget it was here in Hayes Hotel, Thurles, that the Gaelic Athletic Association was first founded in 1884.

What Can We Expect To See At Lár na Páirce?

Following latest renovations Lár na Páirce GAA Museum will again welcome tours on a regular basis. Visiting groups can choose to explore the collection on their own or be guided by one of the expert tour guides on hand. Throughout the year, a range of special offers will be made available to visiting groups; e.g. primary and secondary schools, bus tours, active retirement group, GAA clubs, etc.

There are true-to-life exhibitions on Hurling, Gaelic Football, Handball, Camogie, Hurley Making, Sports Broadcasting, and of course the rare Sam Melbourne Collection of GAA memorabilia, latter worthy of viewing solely in its own right.

The newly vamped museum will now be open Monday to Saturday 10.00 am – 5.30 pm, so do come and follow the path of Irish Sporting Legends and learn about the history and development of Hurling and Gaelic Football, from the myth and legend right through to modern times.

You can call to book your group for a tour of this amazing facility by Telephoning 0504-22702.

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Ryan Gathering Gets Under Way In Thurles

The Ryan Gathering 2013 got under way here in The Source exhibition centre Thurles yesterday evening, officially opened by local councillor Mr Jim Ryan.

The annual event organised by Jane Ryan, is expected to attract large crowds over this coming weekend.

Yesterday’s opening began with a Genealogy Exhibition hosted by Genealogist Cecile Mulcahy.

Amongst those in attendance was Shannon Rugby Football Club member, Munster and Ireland Rugby player Donnacha Ryan, pictured here with (left to right) Jane Ryan (Event Organiser), Karen Berry and Cecile Mulcahy.

Today’s events include an Arts, Craft and Gift Market from 11.00am to 3.00pm, a Genealogy workshop, readings by Donal Ryan, Man Booker Prize Long-listed nominee and author of “The Spinning Heart.”

St Mary’s Famine museum will be open to all visitors from 10.00am – 4.30pm on Saturday and from 1.00pm to 4.30pm on Sunday.

Tomorrow, Sunday, the big attraction will be the visit by the “Wolfetones,” to The Factory nightclub, in Hayes Hotel.

Picture courtesy G.Willoughby.

Wolfe Tones To Headline The Thurles Ryan Gathering This August

Yes it’s been confirmed, Ireland’s greatest story tellers “The Wolfe Tones,” are to headline the Ryan Gathering here in Thurles in August.

Arguably the World’s most popular folk and ballad group ever, The Wolfe Tones will be appearing live in the home of the GAA, at The Factory Nightclub, in Hayes Hotel, Liberty Square, Thurles on Sunday August 25th next.

The Wolfe Tones

Regular visitors to Tipperary & currently celebrating over 49 years on the road, these legendary Dublin balladeers continue to be one of Ireland’s biggest box office attractions, having sold out all prestigious venues, during the past year right across Ireland, the UK, Mainland Europe and the U.S.A.

With the launch of their ‘Child of Destiny,’ Limited Edition DVD / CD’, featuring 17 tracks, 12 of which are brand new compositions from the pen of prolific Wolfe Tones songwriter, Brian Warfield, after 49 years, The Wolfe Tones continue to be the most creative folk group of all time.

The Wolfe Tones have been cheered and applauded wherever they have stopped to perform, whether it has been in Dublin, in the austere Royal Albert Hall in London, in the plush and famous old Olympia in Paris, at the open air folk festivals in Brittany, or in any number of concert halls throughout Germany, Sweden, Holland, Norway and Denmark.

Those of us who have travelled far and wide to see The Tones can tell you that they’re getting better all the time. Fame, throughout the years, has made them perhaps a little plumper and a little better dressed, but they still sing the best songs in the business.

I promise you that this live concert will be a sell out so, to avoid disappointment on the night, get your Tickets from The Source Box Office Tel 0504-90204 or from Hayes Hotel Tel 0504-22122 here in Thurles ASAP.

No “Home Tax,” Call At LPT Meeting In Thurles

“It is morally wrong, unjust and unfair to tax a person’s home.” – Enda Kenny, 1994.
“We are going to face the electoral difficulties that the Labour Party now faces.” – Eamon Gilmore 2013.
“We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, …” – Irish Republic Proclamation.

Anti-Austerity protests in Dublin & Thurles

Anti-Home Tax protests in Dublin & in Hayes Hotel Thurles, Tipperary.

The anti-Local Property Tax and austerity protest rally which gathered outside City Hall in Dublin city yesterday afternoon, must surely have shown Fine Gael and its weakest link, namely the Labour Party, the overall mood of the Irish electorate. Gardaí, whose figures are normally accurate for such protest marches, have estimated that at least 5,000 people took part.

The protesters were made up of Socialist Party and People Before Profit members joining with unions and anti-austerity groups, and was set to coincide with the meeting of EU Finance Ministers in Dublin Castle. Roads in the vicinity of Dublin Castle were cordoned off, as were all entrances to the Castle yard.

Speakers, using the more accurate description of “Home Tax,” instead of Local Property Tax, urged the assembled crowd not to pay and promised a National Campaign of Resistance.

The Revenue Commissioners claim that at least 60,000 home owners have made their property tax returns via 36,888 electronic returns and 23,068 paper files, however it is unlikely they are, as yet, fully aware of the true substance contained in each individual return. This percentage of tax returns submitted falls far short of the 1.2 million local property tax letters, covering more than 1.3 million properties, which have been issued through the Revenue’s online services. Thousands of demands for example have been issued to those who only rent and who own no property whatsoever in the Irish State currently.

While attendees at the Thurles Local Property Tax (LPT) information & protest meeting, organised Deputy Seamus Healy on Wednesday April 10th last in Hayes Hotel was small, (around 50 angry souls, mainly pensioners, did turn up), the fury here also was very evident. There were many calls to boycott government party local councillors, who would choose to stand in next year’s local elections. Others in attendance questioned the possibility of seeking legal advice.

One elderly lady stated that her home presently lacked any real comfort since she could no longer afford to heat it, now she must pay a tax on this same discomfort. All attending agreed fully on one topic for discussion, that this present government had no mandate from those who elected them to introduce a Local Property Tax on Irish citizens.

Speaking to pensioners after the meeting, some felt that after working all their lives, the present Labour party, in particular, were echoing the words of Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso, who stated to the elderly in his country earlier this year “hurry up and die,” to avoid an unnecessary drain on his country’s finances.

One elderly gentleman stated that Sean Quinn, Bernard McNamara and Sean Dunne had been allowed to run up debts of €3bn and the elderly were now expected to forward their pensions to these same people, as if they were worthy charitable institutions. There was much criticism of local politicians also, who it was claimed were failing to support any form of local initiative, to the betterment of rural Ireland and Tipperary.

In the words of Dr. Seuss, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” This tax must now be vigorously resisted by all citizens and not just by the elderly.