Last Tuesday, May 14, Fethard Business and Tourism Group received the wonderful news that South Tipperary County Council and the Department of the Environment have accepted the planning application for the renovation of Fethard Town Hall. This means that full planning permission for the refurbishment and reuse of the building has been accepted and endorsed by the ‘powers that be’.

Local artists are already painting the town red and a host of other vibrant colours in preparation for the Clancy Brothers Music & Arts Festival.

Cashel Community School has recorded two major victories in the past two weeks.

The Clancy Brothers Music & Arts Festival will open with a concert featuring the talented sons, daughters and other relatives of the world famous Clancy ballad group.

For the past 73 years St Mary’s Church Choir has played a very special part in the lives of the people of Irishtown and Clonmel, the Mayor, Cllr. Billy Shoer, stated when he hosted a reception for the choir at the Town Hall.

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Take your place amongst the stars on Sunday, July 21, when some of Ireland’s biggest Country and Irish acts will present an incredible day of entertainment at Holy Cross GAA pitch, Thurles.

On Tuesday, May 28, OBs will present awards to all social dancing bands to show our appreciation for all their music played in OBs.

Ireland’s leading provider in community based neuro-rehabilitation Acquired Brain Injury Ireland has opened its first second hand book shop in Cashel as a rehabilitation integration activity for those living with a brain injury.

The International Taekwon-Do (ITF) Irish team returned home from the All Europe Taekwon-do Federation Championships at the beginning of May with an impressive haul of 18 medals; 5 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze. The Championships took place in Skovde, Sweden and Ireland finished fifth overall out of 29 countries with 27 on the Irish team including two members of the Tipperary Taekwon-Do club: Tiarnan Moriarty winning a Gold medal and Shaun Brennan who reached the quarter-finals.

Champagne corks are popping for St. Mary’s Choral Society this week, having scooped 3 AIMS nominations for their recent production of Jekyll and Hyde.

Clonmel Theatre Guild, following their hugely successful production of Cash on Delivery, and in conjunction with Acquired Brain Injury are now preparing for their forthcoming dinner theatre production Trouble in Paradise, which will be staged at Raheen House Hotel next month.

The champange was flowing in the Glen of Aherlow this week after the scenic area made it into the top five places to holiday in Ireland.

A former Tipperary hotelier, now manager of the Lough Erne Resort in County Fermanagh which will host the G8 summit next month, has been named as Hotelier of the Year in Northern Ireland.

The daughter of a popular Cashel man who was murdered and left in a farm pit for almost two years prayed at his funeral this week for justice for her father as he was finally given the dignity of a proper burial.

Congratulations to Clonmel Town’s U-13 A team that won away to a very strong Cahir Park side to seal the victory that has earned them the title of 2012/13 league champions.

Students of St. Anne’s Secondary School, Tipperary, recently took part in the 2013 Scifest LIT officially opened by Kieran O’Donnell, T.D.

Last November, an opportunity organised and funded by South Tipperary Development Company (STDC) and supported by Tipperary Town Businesses, was launched by Minister Simon Coveney at Tipperary Technology Park.

All roads lead to The Times Hotel, Tipperary next Sunday night, May 26, for a celebration of country music at its best with the man they call ‘the king of country’.

The youngest members of Stagecraft are busy putting the finishing touches to The Woodcutter and The Princess, which will be followed by Mary Fairy, at The Hub, 49, Albert Street, Clonmel. This delightful double bill runs from Wednesday, 15th to Saturday, 18th May.