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    Community Press Release

    Volunteers Wanted for National Heritage Week 2026

    Volunteers Wanted for National Heritage Week 2026

    Thurles Library is seeking volunteers to take part as Human Books in a special Human Library Event during National Heritage Week 2026.

  • Roads and Transport News
    Roads and Transport Event

    Decision To Close Roads To Facilitate The Boston Scientific Half Marathon 2026.

    TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROAD
    ROADS ACT, 1993-2015,
    (SECTION 75 OF THE ROADS ACT 1993)
    ROADS REGULATIONS, 1994

    Decision To Close Roads To Facilitate The Boston Scientific Half Marathon 2026.

    NOTICE is hereby given that Tipperary County Council has made an Order closing:

    ROADS TO
    BE CLOSED: • Emmet Street L-3606 (Garda station up around by the Post Office) 10.30 - 12
    • Market Street R-884 -6 (from Gladstone Street leading onto Emmet Street) 10.30 to 12
    • Richmond Road L-3606-1 (at the side of the Post Office) 10.30 to 12
    • College Avenue L-3622-1 - 10.30 - 12
    • Dillon Street R-707 -5 (from the Crescent junction to the small roundabout on the Waterford road) 10.30 - 12
    • St Thomas’s Bridge L-6513 – 10 – 11.3
    PERIOD OF
    CLOSURE: 10:00hrs on Sunday 23 August 2026 to 12:00hrs on Sunday 23 August 2026.
    ALTERNATIVE
    ROUTES: • Traffic will be stopped at Kickham Street L-3609 to avoid getting onto Richmond Road L-3606-1.
    • Traffic will be stopped at the top of Gladstone Street R-688 by the Church and directed through the carpark to avoid going down and trying to turn onto Market Street R-884 -6 and therefore Emmet Street L-3606. This will also mean no traffic on Parnell Street R-884.
    • Traffic diverted from Dillon Street R-707 -5 will be able to go through the Ard Na Greine L-3601/ O’ Rahilly Ave L- 7602 Road estates.

    REASON FOR CLOSURE: To facilitate the Boston Scientific Half Marathon