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  • Tipperary can reflect on its choice of Leadership

    Ahead of our 2016 election campaign launch on February 11th, I am asking voters in Tipperary to reflect on the type of leadership that they want in the new and unified county. The re-unification of the county offers an exciting opportunity for Tipperary to make a fresh start. Tipperary should take up once again the…

  • Noel Coonan TD Welcomes Good News for Cashel Town

    Noel Coonan TD Welcomes Good News for Cashel Town

    Tipperary TD Noel Coonan has welcomed the good news that a new fire station is in the pipeline for Cashel Town. DeputyCoonan commented: “Last year  the Templemore community received positive news about a new fire station for their town and today it is Cashel’s turn. This is further proof of the Government’s commitment to our…

  • Noel Coonan TD Welcomes €50,000 for Tipperary Groups

    Noel Coonan TD Welcomes €50,000 for Tipperary Groups

    Tipperary TD Noel Coonan has welcomed the announcement of €50,000 funding for Tipperary projects under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht. “The funding will allow for the conservation and repair of heritage buildings across the county. The economic recovery is allowing for increased investment in our heritage assets…

  • Noel Coonan TD encourages local arts centres to apply for new fund

    Noel Coonan TD encourages local arts centres to apply for new fund

    €9m investment scheme for arts and culture centres Fine Gael TD for Tipperary Noel Coonan, has encouraged Tipperary arts centres to apply for funding under a new €9 million investment scheme for arts and culture centres announced by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys. “This welcome new investment scheme for not-for-profit arts…

  • Action Needed on Town Centres

    The politics of facilitating developers means that the state serves those who shout the loudest or who are best connected, instead of what is best for the public. It also leads to bad decisions about where to site housing or services with consequences clear from the recent floods. On Saturday January 23rd, Tipperary Greens engaged…

  • Noel Coonan TD Welcomes €3.9million for Tipperary Housing Units – Meeting held last week with Housing Minister

    Noel Coonan TD Welcomes €3.9million for Tipperary Housing Units – Meeting held last week with Housing Minister

    Tipperary TD Noel Coonan has welcomed the announcement of €3.9million for Tipperary Housing Units from his Fine Gael colleague and Minister with Responsibility for Housing Paudie Coffey. Only last Thursday, Deputy Coonan and representatives of Thurles Lions Trust Housing Association met with Minister Coffey in Dublin to help progress their project. Today €700,000 has been…

  • Former Taro Pharmaceutical Site Up for Sale – A Positive Development for Roscrea Noel Coonan TD

    Former Taro Pharmaceutical Site Up for Sale – A Positive Development for Roscrea Noel Coonan TD

    Tipperary TD Noel Coonan said the former Taro Pharmaceutical site in Roscrea is up for sale and he has notified both the IDA and Enterprise Ireland of the development in a push to have it’s availability optimally marketed. “This is a welcome development alongside the news that work has commenced on the An Post Sorting…

  • Economic recovery allows for almost €16 million investment in Tipperary roads – Coonan

    Fine Gael TD for Tipperary, Noel Coonan, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the news that almost €16 million has been allocated to Tipperary for road improvement and maintenance works. The funding is part of a €298 million national investment programme for 2016 for regional and local roads. “Tipperary is getting a real boost from this significant…

  • €100,000 for Tipperary schools mobile library – Noel Coonan TD

    €100,000 for Tipperary schools mobile library – Noel Coonan TD

    Fine Gael TD for Tipperary, Noel Coonan, has welcomed the announcement of €100,000 funding for a Tipperary schools mobile library. This is part of a €22 million investment in some 16 library capital developments and the mainstreaming of the Open Libraries initiative. “Funding of €100,000 has been allocated for a Tipperary schools mobile library. The…

  • Noel Coonan TD Welcomes Re-Opening of Clonmel District Probate Office

    Noel Coonan TD Welcomes Re-Opening of Clonmel District Probate Office

    Tipperary TD Noel Coonan has welcomed confirmation from the Courts Service that the District Probate office in Clonmel is due to re-open in March. Deputy Coonan has been in close contact with the CEO of the Courts Service Mr Brendan Ryan and the Justice Minister in relation to the probate office in Clonmel when he…