Empty flower beds and empty dirty flower containers, Thurles June 1st, 2022
Today is June 2nd, 2022, and as yet not one flower container or flower bed has been planted this year by Thurles Municipal District Council staff.
Perhaps one of our local councillors might like to communicate to the public on why this has been allowed to happen.
Before the introduction of Property Tax all of our flower containers and hanging baskets were planted. Today, no public hanging basket exists and expensive flower containers remain filthy and empty of plants, except for what seeded itself over last year.
Thurles Railway Bridge, 1st June, 2022.
Yes, we have some large new pink flower containers on Liberty Square filled with “Box Hedging” and lavender-blue flowered “Catmint”, but these containers also are being neglected, with much evidence of “Dock” plants and “Yellow Rocket Cress”, same never ever intended for planting.
Thankfully, Thurles Shopping Centre and Lidl Supermarket have privately set the example, with both premises shaming Thurles Municipal District Council officials and our local elected councillors.
River Suir Thurles yesterday, June 1st, 2022.
Between poor street surfaces, a river that currently looks like an open sewer and street lighting burning 24 hours each day; 4 questions: (1)Why do we need a tourist office? (2) Why do we continue to pay Property Tax? (3)Why do we continue to pay the salaries of failed administrators? (4) Why are Thurles residents accepting poor standards of administration in complete silence?
A male pedestrian has sadly lost his life after being struck by a lorry near the village of Burncourt, Cahir, Co Tipperary.
As a result Gardaí confirm that the southbound carriageway of the M8 motorway remains closed to all traffic, between J11(Cahir south) and J12 (Mitchelstown north), with diversions currently in place.
Gardaí are also presently appealing for any witnesses after the pedestrian, understood to be aged in his 60s, was struck by the articulated lorry at around 3:00pm this afternoon, (May 19th, 2022).
The male pedestrian sadly, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, while the driver; a man aged in his 30s is understood to have required no medical assistance.
The pedestrian’s body has since been removed from the scene and the coroner has been notified.
As we are all aware a nightmare is really just a most unpleasant dream that causes strong emotional responses from our minds. Not only does it cause, typically, great fear, but also often great despair, anxiety and even inordinate sadness.
Well between ourselves, and please let this conversation go no further; I had a nightmare last night that left me waking up, drenched in sweat, while shouting “Jackie, where is the half million Euros”.
Massive hole continues to grow on Friar Street in Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
From what I can still clearly recall, there was a massive hole in the street at Bowes Corner on Friar Street here in Thurles; that was causing a lot of accidents, damage to vehicles and worst of all, deaths.
The Cathaoirleach of Thurles Municipal District Council held an emergency meeting with the more intelligent people on the council, to discuss a possible solution to this most worrying of developments.
One councillor suggested parking an ambulance next to the hole, so that whenever any such accident occurred in the future, the victim could be quickly transported to our majorly overcrowded University Hospital in Limerick, to repose on a trolley, possibly reducing at least a few of the rising fatalities.
Another councillor suggested that there could be a scenario on any GAA match days, where a multiple collision could occur, thus while one ambulance is busy transporting a victim on the 90 mile round trip to Limerick, other victims would be left stretched on our dodgy footpaths. He suggested putting ten ambulances near the hole instead of just one.
A third councillor wisely interrupted and raised his concerns about the prices of petrol and wages for paramedics; pointing out that building a new hospital, next to the hole, would actually cost less in the long term.
Yet another councillor suggested that the assembly were being over dramatic, and with the poor quality of hurling emerging from Tipperary clubs this season, the idea of multiple collisions was the “stuff of unnecessary panic”.
To avoid a plenary session, which would have allowed councillors to spend time working in smaller groups and taking an informal approach to problem solving, with lateral thinking; the Cathaoirleach of the Thurles Municipal District Council interrupted his convened assembly. He tells them that such solutions are all far too expensive, and instead he suggests that the hole be filled-in immediately and another one dug in front of Limerick hospital to save money.
With no chance of sleep now returning to my weary bones and with the sun coming up over the ridge of Killough Hill, I quickly took a cold shower, got dressed and headed with all haste for Bowe’s Corner.
Yes, thanks be to the Almighty God, I can now confirm it was all a complete nightmare. The nine month old crater still remains fully intact and getting bigger by the day.
Ah, sure I’ll have to stop eating and exercising just before bedtime and avoid those naps in the middle of the day.
A section of the Dublin to Cork motorway has been closed following a vehicle, becoming overturned, at approximately 8:00pm tonight.
It is not confirmed as yet, if anyone has suffered injuries.
Following the accident, which involved an overturned lorry; Emergency Services were called to the scene on the southbound road between J6 Thurles and J7 Cashel(north).
The road has been closed as a result and Gardaí are diverting traffic through minor roads, to avoid the accident area.
Gardaí have stated on Twitter: “Traffic Alert – Co Tipperary – the M8 is closed to southbound traffic between J6 Thurles and J7 Cashel (north) due to an overturned lorry. Diversions are in place.”
Motorway Average Speed Safety Cameras, are due to go live on a stretch of road on the M7 this morning, Monday, April 25th, from 7:00am.
The system is expected to be in place on the M7 in Tipperary, betwixt Junction 26(Nenagh West) and Junction 27(Birdhill), and in both directions, tracking traffic travelling eastbound and westbound on a stretch of road, which in the past has been the subject of sudden changes in weather.
These cameras will record vehicles at two distinct points, a set distance apart, and will identify the exact time a vehicle passes each of the cameras. This operation will allow Gardaí to accurately calculate the speed of the vehicle’s forward progression.
Note: Vehicles detected driving in excess of the 120km/h motorway speed limit will be subject to prosecution from 07:00hrs today, Monday, April 25th.
The current ‘Fixed Charge Notice’ for speeding is currently an €80 fine accompanied by three penalty points, noted on your driving licence.
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