Thurles

Its walking into the new car park from the pet shop/cathedral direction on the left hand side. Those buildings on the right are there already but are quite dilapidated. St Patrick's college in the background.

Does anyone know when Elverys in the shopping centre will open again?

I got clothing there which turned out to be too big but it was just before the lockdown and they've been closed since. I'm hoping they'll let me exchange them for a smaller size.

tastyt wrote: »

Thurles officially a university town today . Can only be good news really, more students , definitely will attract more to the town and the sports facilities being built on the Thurles campus sound brilliant.

On the flip side , where are these extra students going to live and what are they going to do to pass the time? It is indeed great news but this needs to be followed up with investment into housing and some sort of student experience

I had a room available to rent when I first bought my house back in 2017 but changed my mind. They've been ringing me every week asking about it even though I asked them to remove me from the list.

Pity the student village is gone the way it is. An unchangeable mistake as far as I can see.

Oops! wrote: »

Lets call a spade a spade.... The student village was a disaster from the start. All well and good everybody announcing these sort of things but a waste of time without the infrastructure to back it up.... And infrastructure is one thing Thurles does not have for anything...... A lame duck of a town that has been badly let down over the years.

Why do you think the student village was a disaster?

is that beside centra on stradavoer. if so thats a dump . its run down and dirty as hell

It’s not the council. It’s HAP, but Arlington Novas are buying up houses there and refurbishing them. Hopefully things will get better. I worked for a housing association and I know the Arlington Novas doesn’t tolerate ASB like the county councils do.

Yeah it has become a warzone of sorts. I live close to it and there's always something going down on a daily basis. The place is probably the roughest around town at the moment.

Quite a few of the houses in there are for sale too. Nearly every time I pass by I see a new for sale sign.

Oops! wrote: »

Because it wasn't long before the landlords figured out there was more money in other clients than students.....

I don't think it's the fault of the landlords. I'd say what happened was they just sold the houses to the council and that's why there's not 1 student in there any more.

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freshpopcorn wrote: »

They also took over the old Lidl store in Youghal.

Don't go their expecting it to be IKEA.

Is it more t like the range

What about those 2 Belfast kids kidnapped and found in the student village? They were going to be trafficked :eek:

And we were only talking about how bad the place is recently!

Iceman1984 wrote: »

I see work going on in Liam Campions old unit in the shopping centre, any idea what's going in there?

“The Gourmet Butcher” I suspect based on the Thurles Shopping Centre brochure with their logo.

They have a shop in the Showgrounds Clonmel.

Edit: https://www.simplyhired.ie/search?q=permanent&l=thurles,+county+tipperary&job=Dn0VgkjSQ7SahzbW1pApVxtQshpPygsT2VwWVA10X0Q-kXRGMbPXPQ

Local Link bus service launching on the 1st of July. 3 times daily serving Two-Mile Borris, Urlingford, and in between to Portlaoise. Operated by J.J Kavanagh.

There’s currently a Thurles to Limerick Local Link service that runs 3 times a day via Newport. Operated by Bernard Kavanagh.

What is really needed is a bus service to Dublin and Cork again. The 008 and 071 served Thurles up until 2000 and 2010 for the latter and whilst loadings were poor, at that time rail fares were reasonable and daysaver fares existed. Iarnród Éireann has a monopoly in the town and people in Thurles pay more than the likes of Waterford, Galway, Kilkenny to travel to Dublin.

thomasm wrote: »

Evening, staying in Thurles on Saturday with two other lads and looking for any recommendations for pubs with outdoor seating. Food optional but would be a bonus if that was available too, Thanks

Hayes will be bananas on Saturday night, pure crazy the last few weekends I've heard and very young crowd at weekends.

The other options as mentioned above;

Mrs Croghs (Lar Corbetts bar), very nice spot now and they have a decent "outdoor" area that is covered. Booking can be done. (Pizzas and Drink)

Noel Ryans, down the road from Lars. Need to book also. (Food and Drink)

Gleesons Tower Lounge, up the Dublin Road end of town. Nice outdoor area recently done up. (Drink only and walk in)

County Bar on the square, limited space, may need to book. Probably full TBH.

If your around for the match, Thurles Sarsfields Centre beside the stadium have outdoor seating / drink with TV's and Marquee going up for the weekend.

i havnt been through it yet but i have heard it a dozen times that its a disaster.

how could they not know that stopping traffic like that would back up like that. they should have learned from the road work lights .

only an idiot would design it like that

Had a spin past there today, oh god what a shitshow and I was on 2 wheels.

Not sure but the auctioneers had it marked as sold on Tipp Star in recent weeks.

Sold sign outside it too

Correct & right

Parked in Liberty Square earlier and went over to the AIB bank to lodge money, when I came out a bunch of those skanger pram pushers types were going through my glove box. I don't lock the car because there's nothing valuable in the car. When I approached one of them ran with their crotch goblins in a buggy and both were nearly killed by a bus.

Rather see her charged with child neglect than theft/AT.

Thurles, the town where almost every girl aspires to be a lone parent and get a council house. LIT is only to get rid of the decent honest girls.