The fate of Carrick-on-Suir’s Supplementary Development Contribution Scheme (SDCS) has been deferred to the January meeting of Carrick Town Council following last Monday’s monthly meeting which sat for over three hours. The call for the charge’s removal was led by Mayor Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan, one of the appellants...
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Good night and joy be with you, Liam
Good night and joy be with you, Liam
It was the sort of day that Liam Clancy would have revelled writing about. Orating about. Singing about. A grey and moody sky hung over Helvick, complimented by a cutting, wild wind skirting in from the sea that would have left even the hardiest of folk longing for indoors and its many comforts. Company. Family. A...
Landy: time for Mr Binman management to negotiate
Landy: time for Mr Binman management to negotiate
The management of Mr Binman have been called upon to do their bit to end a six-month strike at its Carrick-on-Suir depot. On Monday, Carrick-on-Suir Town Council unanimously approved a motion by Labour Councillor Denis Landy which appealed to Mr Binman management to enter into negotiations with SIPTU regarding the...
Councillor vents her fury as town charge debate ruled out of order
Councillor vents her fury as town charge debate ruled out of order
There may have been rehearsals for a concert taking place that same night in the Strand Theatre on Monday week last, but the real drama that evening in Carrick was saved for Town Hall. A motion tabled by Fianna Fáil Councillor Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan in which she called for the Council to cease the Supplementary...
GAA President praises teachers' role during visit to Crehana NS
GAA President praises teachers' role during visit to Crehana NS
■□■ View Photos Teachers are playing an invaluable role in fostering a love of Gaelic games among the nation’s youth: that’s the view of grateful GAA President Christy Cooney. Speaking during a visit to Crehana National School on Thursday last, Mr Cooney, who recently succeeded Nickey Brennan in Croke...
‘Strange’ accidents at road black spot
‘Strange’ accidents at road black spot
A ‘black spot’ on the Carrick Road outside the village of Mooncoin has been the scene of a number of strange accidents recently, a meeting of the Piltown Electoral Area Committee of Kilkenny County Council heard in Newrath last week. Two cars somersaulted over a ditch into a field on a bad bend and the County Council...
Carrick Jobs Club to close on November 21st
Carrick Jobs Club to close on November 21st
It’s gone from bad to worse from an employment pers pective in Carrick-on-Suir following the news that the axe is to fall on the town’s jobs club on November 21st. The long rumoured closure, first mooted during the summer, has been confirmed and has been greeted with disappointment both locally and within...
Minister Mansergh praises Maurice Walsh's new book
Minister Mansergh praises Maurice Walsh's new book
The publication of ‘The News from Ireland’, a new book which focuses on the role played by foreign newspaper correspondents during the Irish Revolution, was held at Carrick-on-Suir Heritage Centre on Thursday evening last. Its locally born and bred author, Maurice Walsh, who had himself worked as a foreign...
Heatons withdraw plans for Carrick-on-Suir store
Heatons withdraw plans for Carrick-on-Suir store
Heatons have scrapped plans for a proposed store in Carrick-on-Suir, drawing a veil over one of the town’s most protracted planning rows in this or any decade. The decision subsequently prompted Mayor Liam Walsh to request Councillor Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan to remove herself from Council Chambers during an angry...
Coffey: Councillors must ‘stand tall' as Heatons debate continues
Coffey: Councillors must ‘stand tall' as Heatons debate continues
The time has come for Carrick-on-Suir’s Town Councillors to stand tall and show political leadership in addressing what he described as the ‘Heatons issue’ earlier this week. That’s the view of Senator Paudie Coffey, who lives in nearby Portlaw. Having observed the goings-on in Carrick over the past...
Carrick's Strand Theatre to host grand opening concert
Carrick's Strand Theatre to host grand opening concert
On Thursday, August 28th, the Strand Theatre in Carrick-on-Suir will be officially opened, marking the culmination of a decade of hard graft undertaken by the town’s Musical Society. The official opening will be performed by Tipperary South TD and Minister for State Martin Mansergh, widely acknowledged for the...
Hayes: Government must wake up to Carrick's unemployment problem
Hayes: Government must wake up to Carrick's unemployment problem
The people of Carrick-on-Suir deserve more from a Government which has done precious little to tackle its persisting unemployment problem. That’s the view of Fine Gael TD Tom Hayes, following recent live register figures which show that the numbers signing on in the town and across South Tipperary continue to...