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A Tipperary TD says the onus should be on meat and food processing plants to provide antigen tests for staff as they return from the Christmas break. Sinn Féin Deputy Martin Browne says he has been contacted about one facility in the county which is no longer providing antigen testing to employees. Given the soaring […]

People over 16 will start receiving a Covid-19 booster from today. The rollout comes as cases of the virus reach record levels and put pressure on the hospital system. From today people aged 16 to 29 will start receiving a Covid-19 booster at vaccination centres including at the Abbey Court Hotel in Nenagh from 1.30pm […]

University Maternity Hospital Limerick welcomed the first baby of 2022 into the world just 14 second after midnight with baby Ruth Hogan from Croagh, Limerick. Meanwhile, Róisín O’Reilly from Clonmel gave birth to a baby girl in Tipperary University Hospital before noon today. Róisín told Tipp FM that herself and her partner Keith Cashman are […]

A former student of Loreto Secondary School in Clonmel who excelled in STEM subjects has been awarded the lucrative Naughton scholarship. Enya Mühlwald is currently in her first year of Mathematical, Physical and Geological Sciences at UCD. Last year, she got 625 points – seven H1’s in Loreto in her Leaving Cert. Speaking to Tipp […]

Five new crew members will be on call over the Christmas period for the RNLI ready to launch their boats into Lough Derg should a call for help come in. The charity have just launched their Christmas appeal. Over the past ten years, RNLI lifeboats have launched 1,200 times over the festive period. Those callouts […]

Children all over Tipperary will be heading to bed early tonight to get up bright and early tomorrow morning to see what Santa has brought. The big man himself will be chatting to Fran later on this morning on Tipp Today. The Tipp FM news team managed to have a few words with him, ahead […]

Goal Mile events return to Tipperary tomorrow morning. After group events were sidelined last year, the annual fundraising run returns to five parts of Tipperary tomorrow, but it can also be done virtually in your own location. The run in Kilsheelan will get underway at 10am, the mile will begin at 11am in Borrisokane, Moyglass […]

There are a high number of Covid cases across Tipperary and the wider South East at the moment. The Department of Public Health South East had some advice for anyone who has symptoms or those without symptoms who are planning to visit others. They are advising people to arrange a PCR test and not see […]

It’s alleged that children as young as ten are being used by their parents to deal drugs in Clonmel. Councillor Pat English told members of the Joint Policing Committee that children are being used by their own parents as drug mules. Fellow councillors were shocked at the news and Gardaí have been informed. So far […]

Public health bodies in the Mid-West and South-East are urging the people of Tipperary to limit social activity over Christmas, and get a Covid-19 vaccine. The local HSE organisations, covering north and south Tipperary, have issued advice and an outline of the current vaccination rates in each county. Vaccine uptake in Tipperary remains very high, […]