Category: Politics
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Clean Coasts and Irish Water are asking the people of Tipperary to ‘Think Before You Flush’ on World Toilet Day
Issued 18th November 2021: This Friday, November 19th is UN World Toilet Day, a day to celebrate toilets and raise awareness of the 3.6 billion people worldwide living without access to safely managed sanitation. To mark the day, the Think Before You Flush campaign is asking the people of Tipperary to value your toilet. Let’s…
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ITW Medical announce €1.9m investment in Next Generation Medical Device Products at ITW Filtertek in Limerick
17th November 2021 –Newcastle West-based medical device manufacturer Filtertek, an ITW Medical company, today announced plans to invest almost €2m in an innovative NPD programme. This project is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) is a Fortune 250 company and is one of the world’s leading…
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Rethink Ireland and Ornua award €200,000 to organisations building green sustainable communities in Ireland
An organisation working to end the need for single-use plastic water bottles, a citizen science project empowering people around the country to monitor their local waterways, and a conservation charity preserving Ireland’s biodiversity. These are among the projects, announced by Rethink Ireland, that will receive funding as part of their Glas Communities Fund. The Glas Communities…
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€70m national funding to help food producers in Tipperary diversify and develop post Brexit
Tipperary Co-Operative Creamery is to benefit from €596,377 in national funding to help producers identify new markets and expand their offerings following Britain’s exit from the EU, the Fine Gael Senator has said. 22 projects in the dairy and meat sectors across the country are to receive funding from the Government’s Capital Investment Scheme for…
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Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine publishes report on Horse Racing in Ireland
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food, and the Marine today publishes its report Horse Racing in Ireland in which it makes a series of recommendations around the governance of industry bodies, the integrity of drug testing procedures, CCTV at racecourses, and equine traceability. The Committee wants to see a review of the board structures of…
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74% believe closing the gender pay gap should be priority for government and employers
74% of people believe closing the gender pay gap is important and should be a priority for government and employers. That’s according to research released by WorkEqual today (08.11.21) to mark Equal Pay Day 2021. Equal Pay Day is the date on which women in Ireland effectively stop earning, relative to men, because of the gender pay…
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Current Educational System is Failing Autistic Children – Lowry
‘The current System is failing Autistic children’ said Deputy Michael Lowry when he addressed the transition from Primary to Secondary school during Promised Legislation in the Dail this week. ‘The educational needs of children is something every parent takes very seriously. This is particularly so where a child has additional needs. ‘Across Tipperary, there are…
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Our Lady’s Secondary School Templemore Proceeding to Construction – Cahill
Our Lady’s Secondary School in Templemore has received permission to proceed to construction from Minister Norma Foley, local Fianna Fáil T.D. for Tipperary, Jackie Cahill confirmed today. This approval allows the school to proceed with the demolition of an old, existing building to be replaced with a new building, inclusive of two new classrooms as…
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October New Car Registrations up 15%: Decarbonise national fleet, Industry and Government must work together to give consumers real choice
2,646 new cars registrations for October compared to 2,296 in October 2020 (+15.2%) and 2,179 in October 2019 (+21.4%). 103,253 new cars registered year to date compared to 86,811 for the same period in 2020 (+18.9%) and 116,124 in 2019 (-11.1%). 522 new electric vehicles registered in October compared to 254 in October 2020 (+105.5%). 8,342…
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New State of the Art Units Officially Opens at Tipperary University Hospital – Lowry
There were many who doubted that a new 40 bed unit at Tipperary University Hospital in Clonmel could or would ever materialise. When it was first mooted, it was described as a pipe-dream, a fairytale with no end. Today that fairytale has the happiest of endings as An Taoiseach, Micheal Martin officially opens the new…