Carrick-on-Suir

“Will South Tipperary County Council allow people to be killed before they improve the road between Carrick-on-Suir and Dove Hill?” That’s the question being asked by a resident in Deerpark after her daughter Maura just avoided involvement in the latest of a series of collisions to have occurred in the...

Carrick Business Association (COSBA) Chairman Seamus Campbell has highlighted his organisation’s concerns with the escalating levels of anti-social behaviour around the town. In a letter despatched to all sporting clubs in Carrick, Mr Campbell stated: “In recent weeks, we have been aware of an increase in anti-social...

Tipperary South TD Mattie McGrath has rejected suggestions that the county’s two Dáil constituencies could merge as speculation about political reform at local and national level intensifies. “There are rumours of amalgamating Tipperary South and Tipperary North but it is almost 110 miles from the County Waterford...

The literal creation of a new avenue for tourism in Carrick-on-Suir, guiding visitors to Ormond Castle from the main Waterford road must be realised. That’s the contention of Carrick’s new Mayor Patsy Fitzgerald, who first suggested the construction of a new road to the castle over 20 years ago. “This is something...

South Tipperary County Council has rejected claims made by Carrick-on-Suir residents that it has acted arrogantly regarding local concerns over the proposed re-routing of the town’s proposed N24 Bypass. In a letter to Cregg, Tybressey and Deadman’s Residents Association Chairperson Deirdre Walsh, County Council...

He may well be a lone political voice from a geographical perspective, but Denis Landy’s election to the Seanad is welcome news for Carrick-on-Suir and a fitting reward for a committed public servant. While the national picture is now the primary priority of all Oireachtas members, there’s little doubt that Carrick...

“Visitors from all around the world ave travelled to Dunganstown since JFK’s visit 50 years ago,” said Cllr Pierce O’Loughlin. “Were the Queen of England to visit Ormond Castle, it would do wonders for tourist numbers in Carrick-on-Suir.” The fall-out from Carrick-on-Suir Town Council’s decision not to issue a formal...

There are times when Town Councils and residents’ groups must throw their hands up in the air and declare: “why bother?” Why go to the effort of trying to improve a locality, of providing an amenity that will unquestionably augment an area, when the local hoodlums will, sooner rather than later, undo their good...

Suir’s tourism potential has been placed under the South Tipperary County Council microscope in recent months, as part of an effort to attract more visitors to the greater Carrick area. The County Council, through the European-funded ‘Waterways Forward’ policy, is placing its primary focus on the 20-kilometre long...