The next local elections in the Irish Republic will not take place possibly before May or June 2024, so current Thurles Municipal District Councillors are not expected to come out of hibernation until then, except for photographs in relation to donations, collected by others within our generous community, to aid war displaced Ukrainian refugees.
Kickham Street, Thurles, at low tide today.
Certainly, no local double jobbing Councillors were photographed today on Kickham Street or on Slievenamon Road in the town.
15 Year old neglected footpath, flooding issue, available for viewing on Slievenamon Road, Thurles.
Thurles Councillors, all currently enjoying the fruits of their elected office have also failed to inform Ms Sharon Scully (Thurles Administrator) and Mr Thomas Duffy (Executive District Engineer) of the problems pictured above.
Looks like we may have to contact Thurles Lions Club, to locate the necessary funding for “Off Road Walking”.
Before rushing out to buy your electric car or vehicle fitted with self-driving car technology, first take note that a flying car has at last completed over 70 hours of meticulous testing to receive an official certificate of airworthiness.
The vehicle, which received the certificate from the Transport Authority of Slovakia, in central Europe, has completed more than 200 take-offs and landings, deeming it fit to fly.
Questions Being Asked LocallyHere In Thurles.
Is this the reason Mr Jackie Cahill TD and Mr Michael Lowry TD, never bothered, over the last 25 year period, to ask the governments to support and implement the Thurles Ring-Road?
Will this address the issue of local elected councillors failing to fill potholes in our streets?
Will we have to pay Air Tax as well as Road Tax?
Will Ryan Air and Aer Lingus now become redundant?
Will fuel tanks be big enough to get us to Lanzarote for the weekend?
Are passports, Covid certificates and Passenger locator forms now obsolete?
How will public private partnerships collect [through Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII], their motorway tolls?
What new carbon taxes will the Green Party introduce to halt diesel engine exhaust contaminants/emissions?
Will Gardaí now be given fighter planes instead of squad cars, to intercept drunken and drug addicted drivers?
It took some 8 specialists over 100,000 hours to metamorphose the final mathematical specs into a fully functioning prototype.
The AirCar’s recent accreditation means it is now one step closer to becoming mass produced across Europe.
In development since 2017 and boasting a 1.6L BMW engine, the certified model is now officially in line with the standards of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Sure as my Granny, Eliza Jane, used to say; “You don’t need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute if you intend to skydive twice.”
Thurles resident Mikey Ryan was woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of breaking of glass. Alarmed and unsure of where the sound originated, he peeped out from behind his bedroom blind, immediately noticing a burglar sneaking around his next door neighbour’s garden.
Suddenly, out from the shadows, sprang his neighbour’s oldest son, striking his victim a vicious blow on his head with the edge of a blue shovel; thus instantly leaving his victim completely lifeless.
As Mikey watched, his neighbour then, using the same blue shovel, began to dig a grave in the centre of his vegetable patch.
Mikey watched the interment for a while, then climbed back into bed. His wife, now also disturbed from her slumber, asked “Darling, you’re shaking. What’s wrong?”
“You’ll never believe what I’ve just seen”, said Mikey. “That bastard next door still hasn’t had the decency to return my new blue shovel, that he borrowed from me at least 6 weeks ago.”
You may not know this, but Heaven and Hell are actually right next door to each other, separated only by a long spike topped, chain-link fence.
Well, one day Hell was having a wild, drunken party and it got out of hand. God heard the drunken racket and arrived to find the dividing fence completely smashed by the wild revellers.
He called Satan over and said, ‘Look, Satan, this behaviour has got to stop. You will now have to replace this fence.’ Satan agreed and the next day God noticed that the Devil had, as agreed, completely rebuilt the fence, but it was 2 feet further in on Heaven’s property.
‘Now listen here Satan!’ said God. ‘You will have to take that fence down and put it back on its original foundations, where it rightly belongs!’
‘Yeah? So what if I don’t?’ replied Satan. ‘I’ll sue you if I have to,’ answered God. ‘Sure,’ laughed Satan, ‘Now tell me this, just where are You going to find a lawyer?’
While the St. Patrick’s Day annual parade here in Thurles has been called off, due to a lack of interest by the controlling organisers; the Irish Government are planning at least 33 high level visits next month, on March 17th, in an attempt to bring Christianity to those heathens abroad.
Those Ministers travelling abroad will be carrying three leaved Shamrock, to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity, (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit), to the pagans and warmongers, they expect to run into; their travel expences paid in full at the Irish taxpayers expense.
As a taxpayer continuously over a period of some 60 years, to be totally honest, I don’t mind contributing to the vast sums of money spent by Irish TD’s, as they make plans to go flying, with their entourage of loyal courtiers, to all over the world, for St. Patrick’s Day, 2022.
What I do strongly object to, however, in some cases, is paying for their return tickets, if you get my meaning.
We learn from press reports, over the past week, that An Taoiseach, Mr Micheál Martin will visit London the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day, before visiting Washington on St. Patrick’s Day; as the annual excuse for ‘Patron Saint visits’ takes off fully, for the first time, since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020. Last year, 2021, US President, Mr Joe Biden and An Taoiseach, Mr Micheál Martin met virtually on St. Patrick’s Day. This St. Patrick’s day same can now touch elbows, as sanitised crystal bowls change hands and both men declare their undying love for liberty, democracy, free speech and each other.
An Tánaiste, Mr Leo Varadkar will be heading supposedly to South America, visiting Columbia and Chile. [Note to Customs, check all diplomatic bags and other luggage on arrival back in Dublin, just to be sure.] Green Party Leader, Mr Eamon Ryan will for a couple of days, be ignoring a considerable chunk of his carbon footprint, as he visits in New York. Minister for Finance, Mr Paschal Donohoe is set to travel to London and the Netherlands. Minister for Public Expenditure, Mr Michael McGrath will go to San Francisco, the cultural, commercial and financial centre in the U.S. state of California; before moving on to the bustling west coast seaport of Vancouver, in lower British Columbia, latter on the westmost coast of Canada. Minister for Children, Mr Roderic O’Gorman will travel to Philadelphia and New York. ‘Teacher’s Pet’, Minister for Education, Ms Norma Foley will be visiting “A place you all know well”, as the ballad states, namely Boston, populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Minister for Higher Education, Mr Simon Harris will visit France. Minister for Children, Mr Roderic O’Gorman will travel to Philadelphia and New York. Minister for Justice, Mrs Helen McEntee will visit Savannah, in the state of Georgia; the county seat of Chatham County. Minister for Health, Mr Stephen Donnelly will travel to Austin, the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. Chief whip, Mr Jack Chambers will head to Los Angeles. Attorney General, Mr Paul Gallagher is set to travel to Washington. Minister for Arts, Ms Catherine Martin will travel to Argentina. Minister of State, Mr Colm Brophy will visit Mexico. Minister of State, Ms Pippa Hackett will visit Greece. Minister of State, Mr Thomas Byrne will head for Italy. Minister of State, Mr Patrick O’Donovan will go to the “Windy City”, Chicago on Lake Michigan, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Despite an open invitation, there were no Ministers willing to take on the greening of Wuhan, that sprawling capital of Central China’s Hubei province; for some unknown reason to this author, but sure all is not lost yet, for it is believed that there will also be a number of other Ministerial visits not yet decided.
No, I’m not jealous. Me, I’m just wondering will there be anyone left to mind the shop.
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