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 Take a walk on the 'Wild Side,' in Upperchurch this weekend. The scenic upland village of Upperchurch will celebrate their sixth successful annual ‘Walking Weekend,’ on this Saturday and Sunday, with a variety of walks to suit all levels of fitness.
For the first time the event will feature a leisurely family cycle over 25 km. Other social event will take place over the weekend also, including traditional music sessions and set dancing lessons, not to mention good old sing alongs and a chance to meet old friends and make new ones.
A reception tonight (Friday) will feature interesting and entertaining speakers, covering a variety of topics. Gearóid Fitzgibbon will give an account of his humanitarian work in Palestine working for the U.N., while Thurles man, Tom Carey, will discuss and demonstrate essential cycle maintenance. Other speakers will discuss and show photographic slides related to their varied mountain walking experiences on Kilimanjaro, Ben Nevis, the Atlas Mountains and Mont Blanc.
Many successful entries from the primary and post primary school’s poster competition will also be on display over this weekend with winners being announced tonight.
This year the longest and most difficult walk will be the 18km “Hills of Upperchurch Route,” taking place on Saturday morning, beginning at 10.00 am sharp. This walk is only suitable for very fit experienced walkers and features several steep climbs and a rope assisted descent. But of course there are also eight other less difficult walks which can also be enjoyed, by the less “fleet of foot,”as part of this most enjoyable of upland weekends.
If you like good company, chat, an event which can be shared by all the family, easy exercise, great entertainment and a personal challenge, then Upperchurch is the place to be this weekend.
Events Program in Upperchurch this weekend
Friday Nov. 11th. 8.30 pm: Reception and official opening in Upperchurch Hall. Guest Speakers. Poster competition entries winners announced.
Sat. Nov. 12th. 10.00 am: Hills of Upperchurch Walk. (18 km -Time approx 6 hrs.) 12.00 noon. Red Hugh and Knockalough Walks – 6 km and 10 km – Time approx 2hrs and 3 hrs. 12.30 pm. Eamon an Chnoic Loop. (8 km – Time approx 2 ½ hrs.) Entertainment: 5.00 pm. Set dancing lessons. 9.30 pm. Traditional music session.
Sun. Nov 13th. 11.00 am: Lowland Mystery Tour. Starting Rosmult on the Thurles-Upperchurch road. (14 km – Time Approx 4½ hrs.)
12.00 noon: Red Hugh and Knockalough Walks. 12.30 pm: Eamon an Chnoic Loop. 12.30 pm: Birchill Nature Trail. Start Rosmult.
1.00 pm: Begins the 25 km Leisurely Family Cycle. Starting in Upperchurch. Note: Cycling Helmets compulsory and all children must be accompanied by adult.
Registration Fees: All walks and the Family Cycle are:- Adults €10, Children €5 euro. Costs include complimentary refreshments at all events.
Enjoy your visit, but remember, as in all walking adventures, do bring stout walking shoes, a camera, suitable rain wear, a snack and fluid.
 The Justice minister Alan Shatter has announced today that the proposed super-casino for Two-Mile Borris, near Thurles, will not now go ahead. The minister said that it was a Cabinet level decision and that they have decided that there is no need for a resort-style casino in Ireland at the moment. The minister went on to say that the Cabinet also agreed that “there is no social benefit in a resort of this scale” and that the proposed super-casino plan for Two-Mile Borris was far too big.
However, the Justice minister Alan Shatter did also mention that “new legislation will provide for more modest-sized establishments” to be established under new and up-coming gambling legislation. This would seem to suggest that a casino could still go ahead at the proposed Two-Mile Borris site, but with strict limits on the number of tables and square footage allowed.
As recently as June this year An Bord Pleanála had given the go-ahead for a casino, a 500 bedroom hotel and a racetrack/golf facility at the Two-Mile Borris site, but with today’s announcement it would seem that the future of the super-casino, part of this project, will be in serious doubt now.
 Slí na Sláinte translated from the Irish reads ‘Path to Health ‘ has been developed by the Irish Heart Foundation – the national heart and stroke charity – it’s the outgoing way to make walking far more enjoyable.
Already, it’s capturing the attention of young and old, not only in Ireland but in Europe and other parts of the world also. So it should, because it’s a fun, healthy way for the average adult to accumulate the recommended 30 minutes of physical activity each days of the week.
You’ll find Slí na Sláinte walking routes all over Ireland. They are marked by bright, colourful signposts which are not numbered and are situated at 1 km intervals apart. Simply follow the Km signs, set your pace to suit your enjoyment and you’ll quickly feel better and gently get fitter.
Slí na Sláinte Walk Ways In Thurles
The Green Route – Racecourse Road Slí na Sláinte is 2.0 km long or 4km return and starts at St Josephs and St Bridgets Church, Bohernanave. The route continues along Bohernanave Road, past Semple Stadium and then turns left at the junction to Castlemeadows. Continue to the Roundabout at Tipperary Institute and take left onto Racecourse Road. Continue straight out Killinan to the end of the footpath (see Racecourse on right). At mapboard return along the same route back to St. Josephs and St. Bridgets Church.
The Red Route – Slievenamon Road Sli na Sláinte is also a 2.0 km long or 4km return journey and starts at Slievenamon Road Car Park. The route continues along Slievenamon Road and then goes straight through the roundabout at Dunnes Stores Shopping Centre onto Clongour. Continue straight out past Thurles Golf Club to the top of the hill (Turtulla Cross). At the mapboard then return along the same route back to Slievenamon Road Car Park.
Walkers Take Note
(1) If you’re not in the habit of taking regular exercise, do start slowly, enjoy being out and about while gradually building up to your recommended 30 minutes walking each day.
(2) Drink a glass of water before and after your walk and, don’t forget, wear suitable comfortable shoes. Gradually warm up at the beginning and cool down towards the end. Remember, loose clothing is more comfortable and in winter, choose layers rather than thick, chunky clothes.
(3) Why not try to incorporate walking into your daily activities. Walk to work, to meetings or the shops. If you have a history of heart trouble or other significant medical illness, talk to your doctor before you start.
(4) Important: Stop if you experience unusual symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness or breathlessness, and do consult your doctor ASAP.
(5) Why not invite a good friends, family member or work colleagues to join you in your walk, for chat and a bit of banter.
One final observation, “If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.”
An Taisce representatives have told an oral planning appeals hearing, that the proposed €460m ‘Tipperary Venue‘ is ” ill-conceived and warrants comprehensive refusal.”
 Model of proposed Two-Mile-Borris Casino An oral hearing, is presently taking both written and oral submissions in support of and against, a decision by Tipperary County Council to grant such planning permission.
The Tipperary Venue will include a racecourse, a 500-room hotel, a golf course, a greyhound track, a casino, a 15,000-seater entertainment venue, and parking for 6,000 cars. Other features include a sprint track, an all-weather floodlit track, an equestrian centre, retail outlets, helicopter facilities and a church. Thurles, it would appear is about to move to Two-Mile- Morris.
Developers estimated the proposed project will create immediately 1,000 construction jobs, while it is being built, and another 2,000 jobs are predicted, when the venture is fully complete.
An Taisce, however, told the hearing, which opened in the Horse and Jockey Hotel, Co Tipperary, today, that it had concerns about what it depicted as ‘this overwhelming‘ development. The An Taisce spokesperson estimated that the development would cost up to €30m in increased fuel costs and resulting carbon emissions, because of its remote location. It also warned that this venture would mean the redirection of over 750million litres of river waters from nearby, to facilitate the construction, and that this would have ecological implications for indigenous wild life habitats. An Taisce stated, it would also have implications for the viable futures of both Thurles, Limerick and Tipperary racecourses and the newly established and refurbished greyhound tracks in both Limerick and Thurles.
Some local residents and businesses fear that this venture will destroy the town’s already established developed services and that while some extra short term employment will be gained, in the long term more jobs will be lost or will just transfer from local hotels and businesses forced to close by this new venture. Some also express the view that wealth is being transferred into the hands, once again, of just a few Irish developers and speculators, who will leave the taxpayer to foot the bill yet again.
The oral hearing is expected to continue for a number of days and is due to hear, tomorrow, from a number of parties involved in the horse racing industry, who appear to be backing and therefore in favour of this major development.
Top racehorse trainer Aidan O’Brien and concert promoter Denis Desmond, we are told, are amongst those who have backed the venture, dreamt up by slot-machine tycoon Richard Quirke.
 New exhibition coming to Thurles Library A new exhibition, ‘Le Chéile’, (English:-Together) will open on Thursday 3rd February at 7 p.m. in the Source Gallery, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
The Exhibition, presented by Europe Direct in Thurles Library, is a group exhibition of visual art by students in North Tipperary VEC’s education centres.
Held as part of this year’s Adult Learners’ Festival, Ann Marie Brophy, from Europe Direct, stated:
“This annual festival is a wonderful opportunity to focus on the work being done by adult learners and their tutors in our community. The EU is a supporter of life long education and we at Europe Direct, in Thurles Library, are very proud to be associated with this forthcoming exhibition.”
Elaine Hurley, Artist, and Art Tutor in Thurles Education Centre, has expressed the importance of creating a platform for emerging artists to showcase their talent. Elaine stated:
“I would like to thank Europe Direct for giving our students this unique opportunity to exhibit in such a space. It is a great opportunity for them to share their creative talents within the wider community and for students from each centre, young and old, to share a common link.”
For this exhibition, students of all ages and backgrounds have come together to showcase their wide range of technical skills, concepts and imaginative expressions. The exhibition will include; paintings, collage, drawings, photography and craft.
The exhibition, which has received funding from the European Commission, will run until the 24th February and is an event not to be missed.
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