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Volunteers clear six tonnes of waste from River Suir

Six tonnes of waste ranging from shopping trollies and cookers to bikes and washing machines were removed from the River Suir in Carrick last weekend in a major clean up operation spearheaded by the town's Lions Club. More than 40 volunteers ...

23 Aug 2017 at 21:00

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Zero Waste Cashel supports Amneal's switch to compostables

Zero Waste Cashel is delighted to announce that Amneal Pharmaceuticals is the latest business in Cashel to switch to using compostable coffee cups. Through their catering company Baxter Storey and packaging firm Zeus Packaging the company ...

11 Jun 2018 at 12:17

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Tipperary County Council is advising landowners to trim their hedges or face legal action

Landowners and farmers are being warned to cut back their hedges next to country roads, or face action from Tipperary county council. “Some people are under the illusion that it is the county council that cuts the hedges,” said Cllr Sean ...

17 Sept 2021 at 12:43

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Massive community effort for May 'Meitheal' clean up in Roscrea

'Ní neart go cur le chéile' is an old Irish proverb which has many translations – among them 'many hands make light work'. This was definitely the case last Friday when a large group of volunteers from Turas Nua joined others from ...

20 May 2019 at 13:32

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Tipperary families challenged to tackle e-waste hoarding

Families in Tipperary are being challenged to find and recycle five end-of-life electrical items in a bid to improve our recycling performance, after consumption soared in the last year. The country’s largest e-waste recycling ...

01 Oct 2021 at 10:45

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Some overgrown hedges in County Tipperary are ‘putting lives at risk'

Councillor Noel Coonan asked if there was any good news concerning the issue of hedge cutting at this month’s Municipal District meeting. “Some people are really putting their lives at risk, it’s gone so overgrown. I think it ...

28 Jul 2022 at 10:43

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Roscrea Tidy Towns in ‘Big Sweep’ clean up

Mid week and Roscrea Tidy Towns had their ‘Big Sweep.’ “Trojan work was done on the night by the fantastic group of volunteers who keep our town looking so pristine,” said Councillor Shane Lee. “This is a fantastic group of ...

15 Jun 2022 at 16:45

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Tipperary farmers reminded that testing sprayers is required by law

Since November 2016 under Irish legislation all sprayers must be tested before use. This test will cover the sprayer until 2020. Thereafter, a test will be required every three years after 2020. The legislation refers to ...

17 Jun 2018 at 18:00

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‘No silver bullet’ to save planet - Minister Richard Bruton in the Dome, Thurles

Minister Richard Bruton rose to the challenging task of explaining and defending the government’s climate change action plan before a critical audience in the Dome, Thurles, on Friday. The ambitious plan identifies 183 ...

09 Jul 2019 at 10:59

Local News

Tipperary school leads the charge for battery recycling

Scoil Lua Naofa in North Tipperary has become top of the class for battery recycling, as part of the WEEE Pledge battery recycling programme. Students and teachers from the school collected the equivalent of over 9,...

05 Sept 2019 at 12:30

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Cashel Tidy Towns team up with Starbucks

Cashel Tidy Town are delighted to be involved with the new Starbucks restaurant on the Cahir Road Cashel. Starbucks are saving all their used coffee beans which the Tidy Towns group can use for fertiliser on shrub ...

05 Sept 2017 at 17:48

National News

Ireland will not hit 2030 wind generation targets, CEO claims

Ireland will not hit its 2030 wind generation targets, according to the CEO of Wind Energy Ireland. The Irish Examiner reported that Noel Cunniffe is set to tell the annual offshore wind energy conference that ...

21 Sept 2021 at 11:06

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