Taoiseach sets 11th March, 2011 for General Election

An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen TD has set the General Election for Friday, 11th March 2011.

COOLEENEY CHEESE

Congratulations to Breda Maher of Cooleeney Cheese, Thurles on her appearance on 'Neven Maguire Home Chef'. Breda was interviewed by Neven Maguire on RTE1 on Thursday, 13th January, 2011. Cooleney Cheese are proud to be supplying their cheese to cheesemongers Paxton and Whitfield, London a company established since 1797. This is again an example of what is being done in Thurles by local enterprise and we wish them well. For further information see www.cooleeney.com

Recycle your Christmas Tree

Be environmentally friendly and recycle your Christmas tree free of charge at a specified area in the Parnell Street Car Park, Thurles. This facility is available from 8th to 22nd January, 2011 and is operated by North Tipperary County Council.

NEW YEAR WISHES

Thurles Marketing Group wishes good health and happiness to all for 2011. We look forward to 2011 with confidence and hope that it will be a very good year for business for the town. Thurles is renowned for the quality of it's shopping outlets, as evidenced not just by the support of the people of the town itself, but by the vast numbers who regularly make the journey to Thurles to avail of it's immense facilities. We ask all to continue to support Thurles. It is also important that all the agencies associated with entrepeneurship put Thurles at the core of their agendas, so that by working together we can continue to develop the infrastructure and business development of Thurles to the benefit of everyone.

Death of John Doyle Legendary Tipperary Hurler

It is with great sadness that we note the death of Mr. John Doyle, the great and legendary Tipperary Hurler. John was without doubt one of the great hurlers of his time. This is proven in the achievements he recorded in his career- eight All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medals, eleven National League medals, six Railway Cup medals and three County Senior medals. To his wife Anne, sons Johnny and Michael, and daughters Colette, Margaret, Anne-Marie, Sandra and Elizabeth we offer our sincere sympathy. May John rest in peace.

CHRISTMAS WISHES

Thurles Marketing Group would like to thank all who have in any way used our web site over the past year or who have contacted us by phone, e-mail or letter. We wish all a very happy Christmas and look forward to supporting Thurles in 2011.

The TIPPERARY VENUE gets the go ahead

Hearty congratulations to Thurles native, Richard Quirke , the promoter behind €460 million Tipperary Venue who was last week granted planning permission for the construction of this magnificent development. The build will take place on a 900 acre site at Two Mile Borris, Thurles. This is a huge step forward for the 160,000 Square Metre development which will provide 1,000 jobs during construction and employ 2,000 on opening. This has been the largest planning application ever submitted to North Tipperary County Council which will benefit to the tune of €4.1 million in development charges. We wish Richard all the best on this project and look forward to working with him for the benefit of the project and Thurles.