- Cabinet ministers stay, hints Kenny
- Kenny defends human rights stance
- Race row ex-mayor loses party whip
- PayPal to hire 1,000 more staff
- Family anger at gun suspect hearing
- U-turn made over cuts to schools
- Bank donates artworks to taxpayers
- Fury at child hospital overcrowding
- 3bn euro in state assets to be sold
- Families 'numb' over farm deaths
- Plea to ban smoking in playgrounds
- Road rage killer offers apology
- Bosses 'should pay for sick leave'
Local
Job losses fear as council loses control of water services New national utility company to take over role
South Tipperary Co. Council is to suffer another major blow to its status by ceding responsibility for the county’s water and waste water services and infrastructure to a new national public utility company over the next five years.
Evan raises E200 for Niall Mellon Fund
A Cashel student put his thinking cap on and then got all his friends around to his home where he held a fundraising competition in aid of the Niall Mellon Fund, recently.
Former County Manager was a man of ‘vision and courage’
Tributes were paid at this week’s meeting of South Tipperary Co. Council to former Co. Manager Seamus Hayes, who passed away last week at the age of 82.
Man dies in Clonmel hospital following assault
A County Kilkenny man who was assaulted in Thurles at the weekend has died in South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel.
Who should be Tipperary Person of the Year?
The Tipperary Association Dublin invites nominations for its Annual Awards for 2011, which acknowledge the special contribution made by and the achievements of Tipperary people.
Department closes army base - then rents new property! Government decision slammed as ‘hypocrisy’
Bernie Commins
Loreto project highly commended at Young Scientists expo
Over 2500 projects were initially submitted to the BT Young Scientists Competition in the RDS, Ballsbridge last month and of these only 550 were picked for inclusion in the competition proper, including a project from the Loreto Secondary School, Clonmel.
Envoy invited to Cashel to mark anniversary of Queen’s visit
South Tipperary Fine Gael T.D. Tom Hayes has issued an invite to Julian King, British Ambassador to Ireland, to visit Cashel and South Tipperary as a way of acknowledging the one year anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II visiting the town. Her Majesty stopped off at the Rock of Cashel on the last day of her 4 day State Visit in May.
Tipp soldier helps provide vital water supply to Lebanese hospital
While others celebrated the New Year, the troops of IRISHBATT were called upon to aid the people of Bint Jubayl in Lebanon.
HSE management say attendance at Council meeting not appropriate
A council motion tabled last October by Mayor Maribel Wood seeking an urgent meeting with HSE personnel to discuss the serious concerns in the Cashel hospitals received a negative response recently.
Rock of Cashel public toilets ‘an embarrassment’
“The inferior quality of the public toilets at the Rock car park are a growing embarrassment,” according to Mayor Maribel Wood.
Clonmel student leader supports sexual health campaign
A young man from Clonmel is helping to lead a national campaign in third level colleges to highlight sexual health this week.
Tour de Munster mid-winter cycle for Down Syndrome Ireland
On Saturday next February 18 at 10am sharp, a group of up to 50 ”Tour de Munster“ cyclists will leave the Park hotel, Clonmel and embark on a mid winter cycle in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland Tipperary, Kilkenny and Waterford branches. Day one takes them to Kilkenny and back to Clonmel and day two will see them go from Clonmel to Carrrick-on-Suir home of the legendary Sean Kelly, who is an integral part of the Tour de Munster Team, and back to Clonmel.
Cashel fury as town gardeners lose out in tendering process
Two Cashel gardeners who have tended the town’s streets and parks for the past 13 years, have lost out on a bid to renew their contract due to procurement rules.
Students learn about e-publishing at Clonmel LIT
Three students from the Clonmel campus of the Limerick Institute of Technology travelled to Dublin recently to interview publisher and blogger Eoin Purcell.
Young Sophie training to be a lifesaver in sunny Australia
A little girl who left Clonmel with her family for a new life in Australia has taken to the sunny life by the ocean and is in training to be Surf Life Saver on the beautiful Gold Coast.
Tipperary campaign against household and septic tank charges
Over 1,000 people have now attended public meetings across Tipperary to voice their opposition to the Household, Water and Septic Tank Taxes, according to Independent TD Seamus Healy
Drangan man wins Macra’s FRS Memorial Scholarship
Noel Clancy at twenty eight years of age is the winner of the Leadership based Farm Relief Services Memorial Scholarship. The national final of the Farm Relief Services Memorial Scholarship took place at the Teagasc Colleges Challenge Day in Kildalton College, recently.
Department wants to rent army accommodation in Clonmel
The people of Clonmel and surrounding areas are outraged at the fact that the Department of Defence have placed an advert in this week’s Nationalist seeking a premises in Clonmel Town to accommodate the Reserve Defence Force Training following their decision to close Kickham Barracks, according to South Tipperary Independent TD Mattie McGrath.
Funding for railway bridge project welcomed
Deputy Tom Hayes has welcomed the allocation of nearly $700,000 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar, for the start of works on the Fethard Road Railway Bridge in Clonmel.
Who were the ‘Three Amigos?’
In our recent supplement “Clonmel in the 1980s” there was one picture in which we were unable to track down the names, despite many efforts to do so. We invited our readers to get in touch and promised to upload the properly captioned picture on our website as soon as we had the names. So here goes.
Clonmel teenager Dale’s Manchester United website attracts hits from around the world
A Transition Year student who decided that his immediate future lay in writing online instead of playing football is celebrating the success of a website that he launched a year and-a-half ago.
Colaiste are Munster Champions!
Coláiste Dún Iascaigh added to an impressive array of titles by winning the Munster Junior A ladies football title for a first time. They emerged victorious by a 3 point margin in Watergrasshill against a very strong and spirited Loreto Fermoy team, many of whom will also feature in the Munster Senior A final next week.
Man killed in accident
A 50-year-old man has died following an incident involving his truck, near Thurles, this morning.
Fitzgerald takes over on UCC body from Archbishop
South and North Tipperary County Councils are to have a new representative as a member of the governing body of UCC.
Photographs needed for Kickham Barracks souvenir supplement
Kickham Barracks in Clonmel is set to close next month after 350 years in the town. The closure will be a milestone in the history of the county town and The Nationalist will mark the occasion with a special Souvenir Supplement.
CF transplant survivor now helping others
A Tipperary man, a year after undergoing a life saving double lung transplant operation, has made an emotional appeal to people to carry donor cards. Cystic Fibrosis sufferer twenty seven year old William Bresnan from Bansha has just celebrated the first anniversary of his seven hour operation at the Freeman hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne which saved his life.William is now immersing himself in organising the third Purple Rose Bike Run with family and friends who have raised E24,000 already for vital CF projects in Cork and Limerick.He is enjoying a new lease of life having no longer to use a nebuliser for a couple of hours a day, he no longer has to wear an oxygen mask and does not have to carry an oxygen tank around with him when he goes out. He had been in and out of hospital all his life and his condition noticably worsened in recent years.
Prisoners rear calves for starving families in Africa
Bóthar, the indigenous Irish international development agency jointly founded by Tipperary man, the late T. J. Maher, has called on local farmers to donate a heifer calf to be raised at Shelton Abbey prison before being sent to starving families in Africa.
Cashel St Patrick’s Parade inviting entries
Last Thursday night was a busy one for Cashel with two events running at the same time - the panto in Halla Na Feile and one of the Halla’s sub committees, organisers of the St Patrick’s Day Parade, were holding a table quiz in the Brian Boru.
Tipp hurling shocked as Corbett drops out of panel
Tipperary hurling is preparing for life after Lar Corbett after he caused a sensation on Monday night by announcing his retirement from the inter-county game.
County Council adjourn following bereavement
South Tipperary County Council adjourned it’s monthly meeting, on Monday morning, as a mark of respect to the family of Cllr Tom Acheson, whose father recently passed away.
St Patrick’s Day will be the start of tourism season
The first fundraiser for this year’s Cashel St. Patrick’s Parade will take place this Thursday in the Brian Boru at 8pm and everyone is welcome to attend.
Traveller family loses case against Clonmel school
An appeal taken by a Traveller family in the High Court against Clonmel High school has been dismissed.
New LGBT Youth Group for Cashel
If you are between the ages of 13 and 18 years, and identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (LGBT for short), or you are questioning or unsure whether you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender then read on!
Healy extends scope of household charge protest campaign against household charge
The campaign to build opposition to the Government’s €100 household charge is set to go county-wide as a number of additional public meetings are set to take place this month in North Tipperary, followed by more in the south of the county.
South Tipp TD welcomes medical card review
Fine Gael Tipperary South TD, Tom Hayes, has welcomed the commitment given by the HSE to review how medical cards are being processed, after serious deficiencies were highlighted in the current system.
Art sale in Carrick-on-Suir
Artists from Carrick-on-Suir and surrounding areas will gather at the town’s Brewery Lane Theatre tomorrow night (Friday) to sell their painting to fundraise for the Clancy Brothers Festival Art Trail of exhibitions.
Drangan couple tied up in raid on thier home
A husband and wife who unsuspectingly answered a knock to their own front door were tied up and their home robbed last Wednesday.
Unfinished South Tipp estates exempt from household charge
Unfinished housing estates that are exempt from the new household charge in South Tipperary include two estates in Ardfinnan; Ashfield Manor and Ros na Graine, Glennanlocha and Ravenswood in Carrick on Suir, Manor Court in Thomastown, Abbeyview and An Seanline in Fethard. In the Clonmel area Ard na Sidhe is the only estate that qualifies for the waiver and in Cashel householders in Caislean na Ri, Coopers Close and The Steeples are not liable for the charge. Householders in one estate in Kilsheelan and Sean Tracy Heights, Kilfeakle, Cois Taire, Goatenbridge, Kilnamanagh Manor, Dundrum and The Paddocks, Thurles are also entitled to avail of the waiver.
Garda Ombudsman investigates Tipperary death
The Garda Ombudsman is investigating an incident near Newport, Co Tipperary on Monday evening in which a man died, believed to be from a gunshot wound.
Tipperary’s top sports stars are honoured
Tipperary’s top sportsmen and women were honoured when they were presented with coveted Annerville Awards at a ceremony in Hotel Minella, Clonmel on Saturday night. The county awards were presented in twelve separate disciplines and among those honoured were the All Ireland winning Tipperary minor footballers, their manager David Power, and All Star hurler Padraic Maher. The awards are sponsored by local firm Bulmers.
Tipperary’s top volunteers to be honoured
Muintir na Tíre begins its 75th anniversary year with the “TASK Volunteer of the Year Awards” which will be announced and presented on Saturday February 4 at the McGrath GAA Centre, Bansha, Co. Tipperary. The awards will recognise those who have made a significant voluntary contribution to the work of Muintir na Tíre and to their own community during 2011.
Gardai investigate suspicious approach to children
Gardai have confirmed they are investigating a report of a suspicious approach to two children in the Fethard area, who were allegedly offered money to get into a black car last week.
- Burns goal gives Clonmel Celtic deserved win over Pike Rovers
- Department closes army base - then rents new property! Government decision slammed as ‘hypocrisy’
- Tipperary ladies too strong for Fermanagh
- Man dies in Clonmel hospital following assault
- Laughter and tears at book launch as Conor’s young life is fondly remembered
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