Tipp Echo

12/03/2025

CMSA Farm Business Committee Chairperson, Pat O’Brien, is urging financial institutions to reduce interest rates for farmers as crippling rates are disincentivising investment and threatening generational renewal. The Farm Business Chairperson said that Irish farmers are often being charged up to ...

12/03/2025

A beautiful act of solidarity blossomed within the fifth-year students of Colaiste Mhuire Co-Ed in Thurles when 15 students shaved their heads to stand alongside a dear friend facing illness. This touching gesture of support ignited a wave of compassion throughout the school. Shortly after, another....

12/03/2025

Final plans are being put in place for what promises to be a wonderful day of music, friendship, fundraising and craic on the streets around our town. Changing the date of the annual parade was seen by some as a strange move but the committee, along with the brilliant people in Explore Carrick-on-Su...

12/03/2025

Every St Patrick’s Day Panduit Carrick Wheelers hold their past members’ memorial race. The cup called The Carrick Wheelers C.C. Members Memorial Cup is dedicated to a past member who had served the club with distinction in the past. This year’s race will be run in memory of the late Pat Nugen...

12/03/2025

Many different outfits (and some very similar too!) were on display at Bunscoil Na Cathrach last Wednesday, 5th March to celebrate World Book day. There was fantastic effort put in by many students to dress up as their favourite book character and there are obviously many avid readers among the stud...

12/03/2025

There was exciting news for the Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles from the Helix in Dublin where the Regional Finals of Junk Kouture 2025 took place. Ursuline Thurles had two designs sent through to the National Finals. Entitled, Presence Pitch Player and Chrysalis, this is a fantastic achievement....

12/03/2025

Congratulations to the team at Sherry Fitzgerald Gleeson based at Cathedral Street, Thurles who were awarded Countrywide Member of the Year 2025 at the Sherry Fitzgerald Conference in the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny! This is a huge achievement for the team, and they are very proud of the achieve...

12/03/2025

Shronell native, Norbert Hennessy, who is now domiciled in New York, was back on native soil recently. While he was ‘home’ he met up with the CEO and the Cathaoirleach of Tipperary County Council, and presented them with a copy of the 150th Anniversary Souvenir Journal of County Tipperary N. & B...

12/03/2025

The Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD, has announced an investment of over €1 million to support 123 Agricultural Shows right across the country. As part of the initiative, each show will receive a grant of between €4,260 and €11,410 depending on ...

12/03/2025

At the launch of my book ‘Tipperary Talks’ recently, some of the students from St. Ailbe’s School participated on the two songs that were performed on the night. The songs were, ‘The Tipperary Waltz’ and ‘The Valley of Sweet Aherlow’.‘The Tipperary Waltz’ was composed by Patrick Be...

12/03/2025

Preparations are entering their final stage for this years St Patricks Day Parade in Cashel.

Preparations are entering their final stage for this years St Patricks Day Parade in Cashel, with most of the organisation done, but with organisers still calling for groups to consider entering the parade. The resumption of the parade after being cancelled last year, is down to the hard work of the...

12/03/2025

A crowd of hundreds packed the village Hall in Knockavilla last Thursday night to witness a concert that was arranged to raise funds for a local mother, who is currently receiving medical treatment in the UK. Fiona Dunne, a young mother of two received the bad news of a cancer diagnosis last year. S...

12/03/2025

Speaking after leading a delegation of ICMSA national officers to meet Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine, Martin Heydon, the President of ICMSA, Denis Drennan said that the meeting had gone into detail on the issues facing Irish farming and the wider agri sector in the critical upcoming period...

12/03/2025

The Talbot Hotel Clonmel has been recognised as one of the premier wedding venues in Munster, following its nomination and selection as a finalist at the prestigious 2025 Weddingsonline Awards in Kilkenny. Regarded as the pinnacle of the Irish wedding industry, the Weddingsonline Awards celebrate ex...

12/03/2025

IFA, CROÍ and the Department of Agriculture have presented the findings of the pilot Health Check Initiative which took place in Autumn 2024. Minister for State at the Dept of Agriculture Michael Healy-Rae officially launched the report at the Cillín Hill Mart in Kilkenny, which was one of the loc...

12/03/2025

A Nature-based Solutions project delivered by Tipperary County Council Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District and the local community, was recognised at the 2025 Business Post National Property Awards held at the InterContinental Hotel in Dublin last Thursday. This prestigious awards ceremony celebrates...

12/03/2025

Tipp Echo is giving away two tickets each week for the next three weeks!

Tipp Echo Partners with Platinum Events for Exclusive Concert Ticket Giveaway In an exciting collaboration, Tipp Echo has joined forces with Platinum Events to offer music lovers an extraordinary opportunity to attend the much-anticipated Bagatelle & Friends concert at the Talbot Hotel on Friday, Ap...

11/03/2025

Congratulations to Hayley O'Connor from Nenagh, the Tipp Echo €1,000 cash give away winner.