The Union of Students in Ireland launched the first-ever Student Finance Guide for Irish college students this week. The guide, entitled ‘Money Matters: USI Student Finance Guide’, was launched atLIT Tipperary(Thurles) and is produced with the support of the National Consumer Agency.
(Read More...)CASHEL will host the OAP Olympics to celebrate Positive Ageing Week, a nationwide festival and Ireland’s largest celebration of ageing. The OAP Olympics take place on Wednesday, September 26, in Padre Pio Nursing home, Holycross, from 1.30pm.
(Read More...)WORK is continuing on the revamped Town Square in Templemore following a protest last week by residents and traders in the area. Traders and residents Peter O’Connor, John Walsh and Francis Murphy had parked their cars in The Square, preventing contractors from moving on to phase two of the work.
(Read More...)Pulse Ireland, a Tipperary based company, are returning to Thurles with the revolutionary Bpro heart screening device that could revolutionise blood pressure monitoring.
(Read More...)In an academic year that started off so great with our Leaving Cert’s results and achievements, it was fantastic to see this continue last week with our Junior Certificate students – our graduates of tomorrow. On Wednesday the 12th, Coláiste Mhuire was filled with the sounds of overjoyed students and their teachers. It was great to see our students and our colleagues reaping the rewards for their hard work and dedication. Congratulations to all and thank you for continuing to push the bar for those who follow in your steps.
(Read More...)‘SERVE Energy Week’ will feature contributions from national experts on sustainable energy and participants in the project, which has been managed by LIT Tipperary in conjunction with North Tipperary County Council, SPIL and the Tipperary Energy Agency. The five-day initiative also will feature site visits to SERVE projects, including Ireland’s only ecovillage in Cloughjordan.
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The Tipperary Women’s mini-marathon has attracted record numbers this year with over 1,200 women planning to run, walk or jog the 10k around Thurles this Sunday, September 30th.
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A public meeting is to be held in Thurles on Thursday next October 4th in the Tipperary Institute in a bid to kick start the campaign to have the 22 respite beds restored to the Thurles Community Hospital of the Assumpion, The Tipperary Star can reveal.
(Read More...)By Noel Dundon
Friday next October 5th will be a real red letter day for the Ursuline Sisters in Thurles, as, not only will a fabulous new extension be opened at the secondary school, but 225 years of existence in the Cathedral Town will also be celebrated.
(Read More...)AN organisation dedicated to proving that former Ballingarry priest Fr Michael Kelly is innocent of child sex abuse allegations has launched a communications offensive to prove his innocence.
(Read More...)Thurles area members of North Tipperary county Council expressed anger at the traffic arrangements at Drish Bridge while rehabilitation works are being carried out on the bridge on the Two Mile Borris Road.
(Read More...)Joe MacGrath, County Manager, North Tipperary County Council, congratulated committees in the different towns and villages throughout North Tipperary who competed in the National Tidy Towns’ Competition.
(Read More...)Olivia O’Brien, a Science teacher in Presentation Secondary School Thurles, has just received her electric car. She is taking part in the ESB ecar Great Electric Drive trial. Olivia is the lucky recipient of a Mitsubishi I-Miev and will be driving it for the next 3 months.
(Read More...)THE president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, Gabriel Gilmartin, has welcomed the announcement of the r-opening of the Agri-environmental Options Scheme (AEOS) announced by Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney – but says the provisions of the scheme do not go far enough to constitute real support.
(Read More...)A total of 78 Macra members received Leadership Distinction Awards at a special awards ceremony in Ennis as part of the Bank of Ireland-sponsored County Officer Training.
(Read More...)THAILAND’s most famous Irish pub, The Dubliner, owned by Nenagh man John Kealy pulled its last Guinness and Kilkenny and shut shop last Saturday*, but not without a farewell party that rocked the entire neighbourhood.
(Read More...)THE search is on to find North Tipperary’s Community Person of the Year. Do you know someone in your community that is deserving of special recognition? The CAVA Awards now in its fifth year want to celebrate the wonderful work done across North Tipperary by volunteers in their communities, volunteers who selflessly give their time for the good of others.
(Read More...)FINE Gael’s Cllr Tom Moylan has called on his fellow councillors and the executive to take a “serious look” at parking in the centre of Nenagh town. Cllr Moylan told this Monday’s Nenagh Town Council meeting that the centre of the town was “on its knees”, and that every effort must be made to encourage local people to shop in the town.
(Read More...)THE Tipperary branch of Parkinson’s has resumed activities after our short summer break with a recent meeting in Thurles. Guest Speaker was Evelyn Norton.
(Read More...)ICSA president Gabriel Gilmartin emphasised the urgent need to finalise the CAP Budget, at a meeting with EU Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos in Ardee organised by MEP Mairead McGuinness.
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