Tipperary councillor delighted with bumper Christmas trade and events in this major town

Nenagh councillor Seamus Morris has said that he is delighted that Nenagh has had such a bumper festive season.

“The business community in Nenagh have had a difficult number of years, from much needed works in the town to Covid, and it was a struggle for most of them to keep their doors open,” he said. “Thankfully our business community has proven to be very resilient and have kept going despite many setbacks and we now have a town with a great blend of shops, cafés and restaurants and a lovely atmosphere which is attracting customers from north Tipperary and Limerick.”

Cllr Morris said that from speaking to the business community they have told him that the six weeks coming up to Christmas were spectacular and they were very thankful for the many events organised by Nenagh Municipal District which worked well in attracting families to the town.

This, in turn, had set the tone for the whole positive atmosphere in the town and of course the incredible Christmas Tractor Run, he said.

“The funeral of Shane MacGowan put the town and townspeople of Nenagh into the spotlight and with the help of the Nenagh MD, Nenagh didn't disappoint. In fact, the whole world got to see what Nenagh has to offer,” said Cllr Morris.

The Independent councillor revealed that Nenagh Municipal District had many exciting RRDF and URDF funding applications at different stages which will see tens of millions of further funding coming to the town.

“As a Nenagh based county councillor I am proud of the working relationship that the Nenagh MD councillors and executive has created, where we trust each other to get on with it,” he said.Cllr Morris said that something people should remember when approaching the local elections is the motto: “Don’t try to fix what's not broken”.

However, he said that there was another major issue facing the town’s business community and that was the cost of energy which needed to be addressed by the Government as the current energy grants were “worthless”, and communication with Nenagh MD and business community needed to be open when it came to projects leading to road closures.