A male, aged in his 30s, has sadly lost his life in a single-vehicle road collision here in Co. Tipperary last night.
The collision occurred on the R664, at Christ the King, Garyduff, Aherlow, some 6km south of Tipperary town, at approximately 9.45pm last night.
The man, who was the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene, before his body was removed to Waterford University Hospital mortuary.
The road this morning was closed for a technical examination and local diversions were in place.
Gardaí are now appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to come forward. Any road users who may have dash-cam footage or were travelling in the area at the time, are now asked to assist investigating Gardaí.
Indeed, anyone with any information is asked to contact Tipperary Town Garda station Tel. No. 062 806 70, the Garda Confidential Line Tel. No. 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
As most people are aware Banksy is an pseudonymous England-based street artist; a political activist and possibly a film director, whose satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed using a distinctive stencilling technique. His real name and identity continue to remain unconfirmed and indeed the subject of huge speculation.
Here in Thurles, as you can see, most certainly Banksy can’t be accused of spraying his graffiti images on College Lane, east of our town.
Local Municipal Districts councillors would like people to believe that they have now created a new walkway for locals people and tourists. But of course College Lane, as we know, has been there for centuries and the walkway we know today as ‘College Lane’ was originally known as ‘Bohereen Keagh’, long before the Monakeeba housing estate was built.
With nationalist fervour, following on from Irish independence back in the 1920s, many Thurles streets were renamed to honour our Irish heroes and patriots; hence we have Parnell Street, Croke Street, Kickham Street, O’Donovan Rossa Street, Mitchel Street, Cuchulainn Road, etc.
College Lane was, back then, officially renamed “Eliogarty Road”, but the name didn’t catch with local people failing use the name, whereas some older people today still used the older name, pronouncing it ‘Boreenkay’ or ‘Bosheenkay’, just as other boreens used to be known as ‘bosheens’.
The area now is viewed sadly as a ‘no go’ area in Thurles, particularly in the late evening and after dark, with elected councillors and municipal district officials failing miserably to act in controlling anti-social behaviour and angry dogs, the latter permitted to roam about uncontrolled, often we learn attacking local residents.
One man in his 20s, is dead this morning, following a road accident in Co. Tipperary. Tipperary Town Gardaí were alerted to a single car road traffic accident at Greenane, Tipperary Town at around 12.45am this morning.
The male driver of the car, sadly ,was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has since been removed to University Hospital Limerick. Three other passengers in the vehicle; a male and two females, also aged in their 20s, suffered what are believed to be, thankfully, non-life threatening injuries, and have been taken to University Hospital Limerick.
The road remains currently closed, with diversions in place, to allow for a technical examination by Forensic Collision Investigators.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Tipperary Town Garda station on Tel. No. 062 806 70; or via the Garda Confidential Line Tel. No. 1800 666 111 or indeed any Garda station.
As and from May 1st, 2022, as part of the Clancy amendment (Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018), Gardaí will seek to penalise motor cyclists who knowingly allow their vehicles to be used by an unaccompanied learner driver.
The law allows the owners of these motor cycles to be fined and grants Gardaí the power to seize their vehicles, if being driven by unaccompanied drivers.
Garda authorities will issue Fixed Charge Notices in relation to any such offences of Learner Drivers and this new act, which passed through the Dáil last Saturday, also makes it illegal for the owner of a motorcycle to knowingly allow an unaccompanied learner or an unlicensed person to drive it, with effect from May 1st next.
The Clancy Amendment came into effect first for motor vehicles in December 2018 and was announced by then Minister for Transport Mr Shane Ross.
The new law will also include Ride-On lawn mowers, and Quad bikes found being driven on public roads and country lanes.
A learner motor cyclist now faces disqualification and a six-month driving ban together with seventeen penalty points, if they are found to offend. Other penalties could include a fine of up to €2,000 or six months in prison or both, if prosecuted.
Commenting on the introduction of the new Act, the Minister for Justice has stated that: “I am very pleased that this new law is coming into effect at last”.
Under this same extension of the existing Clancy Amendment, an Garda Síochána have seized similar 4 wheel motor vehicles, on over 5,000 occasions in the past two years, newly released figures just published today, have shown.
Picture shows part of the base for the new inner relief road, wiping out Thurles heritage, and already christened by locals residents as “Hanafin’s Folly”. Double Ditch is now fully demolished. Pic. G. Willoughby(28/3/2022)
During a recent meeting of Templemore-Thurles Municipal District Council; councillors and those in attendance were informed that there was to be a move from the current County promotion which had been predominantly about heritage, to a more “heritage plus outdoors focus” which is currently now taking place. Who thought up this fool notion remains a mystery.
This is possibly because, in the case of Thurles town at least, most of our heritage has been removed by those positioned to promote the area.
The phrase ‘Time for Tipperary’ will now be the new buzz word. It appears the five year old failed slogan “Tipperary, the Place, The Time”, used to attempt to attract multinationals and tourists has gone out the window.
Still “Time for Tipperary”; a bit like “Trip to Tipp”, is much shorter than “Tipperary, the Place, The Time”; when “tripped off the tongue” by stuttering politicians.
Like the launch of “Tipperary, the Place, The Time”, here is a great opportunity also for Tipperary Co. Councillors; officials and politicians to banquet at Kilshane House, Bansha, you know the place where Dita von Teese & Marilyn Manson, Una Healy & Ben Foden were all married.
But the leading questions remains; will Covid-19 infected tourists continue to journey past the M50, at Junction 9 on the Red Cow roundabout?
Should we now hijack this proposed new logo and promote “Time for Thurles”, but sure what have we left to use as an attraction?
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