Category: Local News

  • Tipperary County Council advises public to exercise caution on Lough Derg due to presence of Algal Bloom

    Tipperary County Council advises public to exercise caution on Lough Derg due to presence of Algal Bloom

    Tipperary County Council wishes to advise of the presence of Algal Bloom on Lough Derg in recent days. The Blue/green algae bloom can produce harmful toxins and is most easily recognised when it forms a bright pea-green paint-like scum on or close to the shoreline. THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION Contact with…

  • Going Out ? Whats On – The Source Arts Centre Thurles

    Going Out ? Whats On – The Source Arts Centre Thurles

    Charlatan The Source Arts Centre, Thurles Wednesday 22 September,8pm Tickets €5/9 A brilliant, self-taught Czech healer who cured millions with herbal medicine is threatened by the Communist authorities in the late 1950s in Agnieszka Holland’s freely inspired biopic ‘Charlatan.’ Inspired by the true story of herbalist Jan Mikolasek, who dedicated his life to caring for…

  • Templemore GP shortage to be highlighted in Dáil tonight

    Templemore GP shortage to be highlighted in Dáil tonight

    Deputy Jackie Cahill will be raising the ongoing GP crisis in Templemore later tonight in the Dáil with the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly T.D. The Fianna Fáil T.D. for Tipperary has been actively working to ensure that Templemore does not see its GP numbers reduced with the retirement of Dr. Joe Hennessy and is…

  • Four  Catalytic Converters stolen in Tipp

    Four Catalytic Converters stolen in Tipp

    Clonmel Gardai are seeking help from the public in relation to theft of 4 different Catalytic Converters between 10 and 11 August 2021. They were stolen from vehicles in the Clonmel, Drangan and Cloneen areas. Four males travelling in a Blue Skoda Octavia sports type are thought to have been involved in these thefts. Anyone…

  • Money stolen from elderly man in Cahir

    Money stolen from elderly man in Cahir

    Conmen stole a sum of money from an elderly man in Cahir while posing as Gardai checking counterfeit notes. The man was in bed when the two men called to his home in Derrygrath Cahir on the night of Monday 3 August. On being told they were checking banknotes in the area he showed them…

  • Tipperary Sinn Fein TD Martin Browne has called for investment in infrastructure for those using the 245 Clonmel to Cork Bus

    Tipperary Sinn Fein TD Martin Browne has called for investment in infrastructure for those using the 245 Clonmel to Cork Bus

    Teachta Browne said: “The route runs from Clonmel through Ardfinnan, Clogheen, Ballyporeen through to Mitchelstown, Fermoy and onto Cork City. “There is limited infrastructure available along the route in South Tipperary and with a lack of bus shelters and up to date timetables being available on site. “Locals in Ardfinnan have highlighted the need for…

  • 2K stolen in Tipp text scam

    2K stolen in Tipp text scam

      Tipperary Gardai have issued an alert after two people were relieved of 2,000 euro from their bank accounts in a mobile phone scam. Both were sent texts claiming to be from their bank and had clicked on a link giving the criminals access to their accounts. One person in Nenagh saw 600 euro vanish…

  • Tipperary University Hospital temporarily suspend visiting

    Tipperary University Hospital temporarily suspend visiting

    Hospital visits have been temporarily suspended at Tipperary University Hospital in Clonmel. TUH said the suspension, with certain exceptions, is effective immediately and cite increased infection control measures as the reason. Restrictions are as follows: Maternity Services The birthing partner can attend as soon as the mother is in established labour; The birthing partner can…

  • German Giant’s big plans for Clonmel

    German Giant’s big plans for Clonmel

    Photos by John Williams showing the Nationalist Office and inset the old Chadwicks building. The Nationalist newspaper office and the adjoining former Chadwick’s building in Queen Street, Clonmel are the locations for German Giant Lidl’s planned second store in the town. The retailer acquired both sites earlier this year and a planning application has been…

  • Browne Slams Irish Water for leaving rubble in Ardfinnan

    Browne Slams Irish Water for leaving rubble in Ardfinnan

    Martin Browne TD has raised the issue of rubble left behind by Irish Water in Saint Anne’s Terrace in Ardfinnan with the council. Browne said; ‘Following work over the weekend a significant amount of rubble waste left behind in St. Anne’s Terrace impeding access for residents as well as creating a health and safety hazard’…