Tipperary County Council values as we are well aware are, as William Shakespeare once stated; “More honoured in the breach than the observance”, especially when it comes to issues like ‘partnership’, ‘collaboration’ and the development of ‘inclusive community’, not to mention their solemn promise, (try not to laugh), ‘To protect and enhance the unique identity of built, historic and natural environment of Tipperary for future generations’.
While the final drawings for the Liberty Square €9million upgrade remain ‘kept tightly under wraps’, by Tipperary County Council official’s from even the business people who depend on their future livelihoods in this area; today we notice that one small problem has raised its ugly head.
It would appear that at least one newly designed drain, responsible for extricating water from the street area is today fully blocked. Unless of course same was placed in that area as ornamentation.
Alas, time and the prevailing elements forbade us from checking out the area fully. However the shore blocked can be located directly opposite the vacant, once licenced public house, known as T. Morris, situated on the “money side” of lower Liberty Square.
Still not to worry, as builder Mr O’ Reilly said to Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, “If the good Lord ment us to worry, he would have given us something to worry about”.
Gardaí, covering the Clonmel area of Co. Tipperary, are appealing for immediate assistance from the public, in relation to the theft of 4 different Catalytic Converters stolen from vehicles in the the areas of Clonmel, Drangan and Cloneen, between the 10th and 11th of August 2021 last.
It is believed that 4 male individuals travelling in a Blue Skoda Octavia (sports type) may have been involved in these 4 thefts.
Gardaí, today, are appealing to people with CCTV or Dashcam footage to make contact with them on Tel: 052 6177640. Clonmel Gardaí are also appealing for people to be vigilant of their property and that of their community and to report immediately any suspicious activity to your local Garda Station.
Thurles Gardaí attended at the scene of a road traffic collision in the area of the Horse & Jockey near Thurles, Co. Tipperary yesterday (August 3rd 2021) at approximately 5.50pm.
The Vehicles involved included a lorry and a motorcyclist.
A man understood to be from the locality, aged in his 50s was injured and taken to Cork University Hospital for treatment.
A man in his 80s was arrested and conveyed to Templemore Garda Station. He was later released, pending a file being forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
A motorist has, sadly, lost his life following a single road collision in Clogheen, Co Tipperary, yesterday afternoon.
The incident happened at about 2.40pm near Loughlin’s Bridge on the narrow winding Vee road, close to the village of Clogheen, when the vehicle, being driven, crashed into a tree.
The motorist, a man aged in his 80s, was the sole occupant of the car was treated at the scene but later died.
The man’s body was then taken to Waterford University Hospital, where a post-mortem examination is expected to take place later.
Garda Forensic Collision Investigators have completed their examination of the scene and the road has now reopened.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Cahir Garda Station, Tel: 052-7445630, the Garda Confidential Line Tel: 1800 666 111 or indeed any Garda station.
Two passengers were “doing lines of cocaine” off the table on a train travelling through Thurles, from Dublin (Séan Heuston Station) to Cork (Thomas Kent Station), according to one of some 26 complaints lodged with Irish Rail in the past 18 months (January 2020 to June 2021).
One of the longest railway lines in Ireland at 266 kilometres (165 mls); in 2018, 3.46 million passengers travelled on this same Dublin /Cork line.
In all the complaints received of antisocial behaviour on this Irish Rail route; indeed several relate to drug use. A similar complaint said two passengers had a number of plastic bags and drugs on a table, which they were consuming, quite openly.
The other reports received involve details relating to drunkenness, harassment and threatening behaviour, latter which in the case of one lady; saw a report that one passenger threatened that he would hit her on the head with a bottle and machete (long flat bladed knife), if she did not talk to him.
Mr Dermot O’Leary, (National Bus and Rail Union), has called for a dedicated transport police force to be setup. “The Cork-Dublin line is like a drug route at this stage. Our members certainly know who the drug-dealers and mules are; carrying these drugs,” Mr O’Leary stated.
Irish Rail have confirmed that the Dublin to Cork line passing through Thurles town is their busiest route; with the vast majority of journeys occurring without incident.
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