Tag: clonmel
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Excitement builds as Allianz Hurling League is days away
The waiting is almost over as a new era is about to commence when the Tipperary Senior Hurlers take to the field on Saturday night next, February 13th in their opening Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash with Dublin in Semple Stadium at 7pm. The challenge games are out of the way as manager Michael…
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Noel Coonan Welcomes New Rates Initiative for Tipperary Businesse
Tipperary TD Noel Coonan has welcomed the decision of Tipperary County Council to introduce new rates initiatives for businesses in the northern part of the county. “The Commercial Incentive Scheme 2016/2017 offers a grant payable equivalent to 75% of rates paid by a person or company for year one, 50% for year two and 25%…
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Coonan attended more Dáil votes than any other Tipp TD in last year
As the 31st Dáil drew to a close in its final year, TD attendance began to fall for each TD. From our current 6 elected representatives both in North and South Tipp, Noel Coonan has the best Dáil attendance rate in the last year missing 36.6% of votes. Coonan, with all other sitting TD’s is…
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Tipperary General Election Candidates #GE16
For some time now, each candidate has been readying themselves for the starters orders. Selection conventions have been held for the parties and independents have completed their soul searching before deciding they want to compete to be elected in our new Tipperary Constituency. While some of the candidates are household names, some too are seeking…
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FITZGIBBON CUP ROUND-UP
The Fitzgibbon Cup 3rd Level Colleges Hurling competition got underway last week with 7 games down for decision in the group stages. Predictably there were numerous Tipperary players involved. The defending champions, University of Limerick (UL) defeated Dublin IT (DIT) by 0-20 to 0-14 with five Tipperary players in the starting line-up. John McGrath (Loughmore…
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Report Shows 1,000 lives could be saved if local A&E’s are reopened
Survival rates for emergency cases in the Mid West Region are among the lowest in the country due to closure of Accident and Emergency Departments in Nenagh and other smaller hospitals Clare Independent General Election Candidate Ann Norton has described as “alarming” a new report showing that patient survival rates for emergency cases in the…
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Tipp GP’s vindicated after Minister Varadkar’s U-Turn – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has described the decision of Minister for Health Leo Varadkar to suspend any further roll out of free GP care plans as a spectacular embarrassment for the government. Deputy McGrath was speaking after the Minister finally admitted that the plan as originally conceived is destabilising GP practice nationwide: “The retreat from…