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Moyne “Lisheen Lands” Portfolio Goes On Sale.

Investors and those wishing to acquire certain residential dwellings are expected to show interest in the sale of a large land holding of some 800 acres, latter located in the area of Moyne, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

This portfolio known as “Lisheen Lands” comprises a mix of industrial and agricultural land, and comes with the benefit of not only significant income through renewable energy, but also agricultural enterprises including outbuildings and residential dwellings.

The Lisheen Mine near Moyne ceased its operations back in 2015 and the property has since been returned to a brownfield industrial site.

The entire portfolio is now being placed on the market initially in one single lot by Dublin estate agents Knight Frank, at a guide price of an expected €11 million Euros.

These lands are officially designated as the National Bioeconomy Campus where renewable biological resources from land and sea are being used to produce energy, food and materials.

Here the area has been awarded “Modern Demonstrator Region” status by the European Commission, making it one of only six such regions within the EU to be granted this status.

Danger: Water Abstractions Bill Affecting Tipperary Brought To Cabinet

**Part of Tipperary’s Lough Derg shore line.**

The present Fine Gael Cabinet has approved new legislation that should allow for the development of a controversial aqua pipeline that hopes to extract water from the River Shannon to feed Dublin’s continuously leaking water pipes.

Minister supposedly in charge of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Mr Eoghan Murphy yesterday, Tuesday December 17th, conveyed a memo to Cabinet, proposing the drafting of a Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill. This Bill would allow for the licensing of large-scale water abstractions, within the Irish State.

However, the real aim of this Bill is to allow by law for a massive, controversial €1.3 billion Shannon pipeline to proceed. Backed by Irish Water, this project, proposes to use water from the River Shannon to supply water to Dublin.

First mooted in 2011, the scheme was estimated at €470m. In 2014, three years later, estimates for cost were €500m. The project today, just a five years later; and reminiscent of the National Children’s Hospital Project, same is now estimated at costing taxpayers €1.3 billion and rising; all for the benefit of Urban Dublin.

The project has been already fiercely opposed by Tipperary landowners, latter the owners of property along the proposed route. Same argue that its impact will be detrimental to the Lower Shannon region. They further argue that the 40% to 50% of leaking pipes first introduced under British rule in Victorian times within the Dublin region, if repaired, would fully negate any need to abstract water supplies from Ireland’s 224-mile-long river, named after ‘Sionna’, a Celtic goddess.

For readers unaware of this aqua pipeline project; same proposes to extract some 330 to 350 million litres of water from the Shannon river, piped through a 170km pipeline, from Lough Derg’s Parteen Basin in Co. Tipperary, across Ireland to Dublin city, overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), latter who recently declared that there are now just 20 pristine river sites within the Republic of Ireland; same down from over 500 such sites in the late 1980’s.

Tipperary’s Tim Cullinan Elected 16th President Of IFA

Mr Tim Cullinan, a pig farmer from Toomevara, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, has been elected the 16th President of the Irish Farmer’s Association (IFA) yesterday evening, Tuesday December 17th, at Castleknock Hotel, in Dublin, after initially an extremely close fought race.

Mr Cullinan eventually ended up winning comfortably, from Cork dairy & beef farmer, Mr John Coughlan, following the transfer of votes from Mr Angus Woods, latter who was the first casualty of the close-knit election.

Turnout for the voting, over the last number of weeks, was 22,998 or 32.4% of the Association’s 72,000 members.

Mr Cullinan lead on first preference votes of 932, following the first count of 22,998 votes. Mr Woods was only 253 votes behind Cork dairy and beef farmer Mr John Coughlan, when voting in the first round concluded, prior to the count of transfers.

A huge turnout in his home county of Tipperary, insured Mr Cullinan’s final comfortable win.

Long acknowledged as a driver for reform within the IFA association; securing improved beef prices will be Mr Cullinan’s number-one priority, during his tenure as new president-elect.

Agri-Porn – Irish Farm Calendar Likely To Create Greenhouse Gasses

Now in its 11th year, the Irish Farmer’s Calendar has hit the Christmas Markets, showcasing twelve of Ireland’s most handsome hunks, each involved in farming; modelling in a variety of ‘cute’ poses, demonstrating in full their ‘original agricultural charms’.

These daring male models, all 100% quality approved pure Irish beef, traceable farm to fork; are proud natives of counties, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Carlow, Dublin, Limerick and Down.

The calendar; proceeds of which go to support Bóthar, was photographed at Corballis Farm, Donabate, Co. Dublin, The Hazel House Craft Café and Pet Farm, Tibradden, Rathfarmham Co. Dublin and Nore Valley Park Pet Farm in Co. Kilkenny.

Orders are already flooding in from Canada, USA, Japan, Russia, UK, Italy and France. Right now, for just €11.99 (plus postage) one of these calendars, featuring twelve shirtless, sensual and seductive photos of tanned men, each in their full glory, can be yours, delivered under plain wrapper.

Note Health & Safety Warning For Women: To avoid unnecessary accidents in the home, single women, who may be tempted into purchasing one of these calendars, are advised not to suspend same in close proximity to the Cooker or in the near vicinity of the Ironing Board. After all, lack of concentration can lead to scalds or dry burns to the skin’s surface.

TD Michael Lowry Calls For Solution To Beef Crisis

Independent TD Mr Michael Lowry pictured here with protesting farmers outside the ABP beef processing plant in Nenagh, North Co.Tipperary.

Independent Tipperary TD Mr Michael Lowry has called on all parties involved in the escalating beef dispute, to find a resolution to this current impasse, which is creating havoc within the entire beef industry.

Taking to Thurles.Info this morning, Mr Lowry stated, “I fail to understand why the recent beef forum did not fully address the central issue; which was and remains the increase in price for beef producers. This ongoing saga is and always was, an issue regarding underpayments to these primary producers”.

“It is not sustainable to expect beef producers to continue to operate at a financial loss. It is also unethical to have a small and select group of processors controlling the beef producing industry, while creaming excess profits. There needs and must be, not just fairness, but equity and balance in relation to the distribution of profits within the industry,” continued Mr Lowry.

“I have requested the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Michael Creed, to again intervene in this crisis and to find a more equitable and indeed a final solution to this most contentious of farming issues. There is no doubt that beef producers are currently in a loss-making position and this situation cannot be allowed to continue. This current stance is not sustainable and its continued consequences are causing severe hardship amongst the farming community.” Mr Lowry concluded.

Meanwhile, farmers are maintaining their presence outside of meat plants here in Co. Tipperary, with unofficial protests resuming today at the ABP plants in both Cahir and Nenagh; despite the granting of High Court injunctions yesterday, against those farmers protesting.