An exciting ‘Plant a Planet’ project is underway at the Edmund Rice Secondary School with students from 1st, 2nd, and 5th year working together to source and sell young trees to plant to at least 10% of the school community. The Irish School Sustainability Network (ISSN), a group of schools who got together to do...
Carrick-on-Suir
Billy Kennedy awarded Cycling Ireland Honorary Life Membership
Billy Kennedy awarded Cycling Ireland Honorary Life Membership
Billy Kennedy has been awarded with honorary life membership of Cycling Ireland. Billy has played a leading role in cycling administration since the age of 17 when he became secretary of the National Cycling Association. His contribution to Irish Cycling continued for many years to come as he held various roles...
Suir Blueway creates new tourist potential for South Tipperary
Suir Blueway creates new tourist potential for South Tipperary
Daniel Keating Reports A wealth of history, heritage and culture running largely parallel to much of the N24 between Carrick-on-Suir and Cahir is now open to cyclists and hikers alike. Nestled along the north bank of the River Suir lies the €5.6 million Blueway, a 53-kilometre trail stretching from Carrick to Cahir,...
Facing Down the Dealers
Facing Down the Dealers
Carrick-on-Suir campaigner determined to stay the course An activist will not be swayed by intimidation from alleged drug pushers in Carrick-on-Suir, days before a second public meeting is held to discuss the threat posed by habitual public drug dealing in the town.Speaking to The Munster Express, Eddie Reade said he...
Comeragh College mark their special day minus the Education Minister
Comeragh College mark their special day minus the Education Minister
His name may well be on the official opening plaque now on display in Comeragh College, but the shadow of Education Minister Richard Bruton has yet to cross the threshold of the €13 million campus at Tinvane. This was the second mini-eyebrow archer involving a Minister at the college; the previous incident involving...
Tinvane Park unit sells for €970,000
Tinvane Park unit sells for €970,000
The Tinvane Park unit, which sits on a 12-acre site on the Pill Road has sold at auction for €970,000, following a public auction held at the Hotel Minella on Wednesday last. Considering that the Advised Minimum Value for the premises had been set at €440,000, the eventual sale of Tinvane to two respected and...
Comeragh College: a new dawn for education in Carrick-on-Suir
Comeragh College: a new dawn for education in Carrick-on-Suir
“For us, this is certainly a new world for us in this new school,” said Comeragh College Deputy Principal Kathleen O’Donnell-Ryan, following the College’s Student Choir’s rendition of ‘World In Union’ at the official opening of the magnificent Tinvane campus on Friday last....
Farmer appears to fall ill during Carrick hearing
Farmer appears to fall ill during Carrick hearing
A well-known South Tipperary farmer had to be assisted out of Carrick-on-Suir’s Courthouse by attending Gardaí and a member of the public during a District Court sitting on Thursday last. John Hanrahan, with an address at Ballycurkeen, Kilsheelan, Carrick-on-Suir, began to cough loudly and repeatedly, so much so that...
St Nicholas Conference VdeP 2016 Christmas Food Appeal
St Nicholas Conference VdeP 2016 Christmas Food Appeal
Christmas is now only around the corner again and with it brings hardship to families in Carrick-on-Suir and its hinterland. This year, the Conference hopes to involve the students of the secondary schools in the area again in its Christmas Food Appeal. Last Christmas, through your generosity, the Conference was in a...
Heritage walk & talk on Slievenamon
Heritage walk & talk on Slievenamon
Walkers will take to the slopes of Slievenamon on Sunday, September 13th with the Suir Valley Environment Group inviting the public to partake in a heritage ‘walk and talk’, which will be followed by a cup of tea. The event will convene at Kilcash Hall at 12 noon, with Robert Duggan delivering a talk...
‘Mindless gurriers’ steal River Rescue boat and three outboard motors
‘Mindless gurriers’ steal River Rescue boat and three outboard motors
Carrick-on-Suir River Rescue has been subjected to another act of thievery by individuals described by spokesman Michael Hickey as ‘mindless gurriers’. On Thursday night last, one of the River Rescue’s boats, along with three outboard motors, were stolen from the Marina. Sadly, this isn’t the...
Septic tank charge another ‘attack on rural Tipperary’
Septic tank charge another ‘attack on rural Tipperary’
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has described the Water Services Bill, or the septic tank charge as it’s more regularly referred to, as ‘another attack on rural dwellers’. “The proposed legislation is totally unfair and is another attack on rural dwellers as it seeks to penalise them with potentially crippling costs...
