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Tipp FM Text 083 311 3311 Tipperary County Council has rejected plans for a large housing development in Tipp Town. Kingscroft Developments sought permission for works on a 3.9 hectare site at Brodeen on the Dundrum road. The proposals included 84 houses and a childcare facility with a 550 square metre private outdoor play area. The local authority has this week refused permission for the development – among the reasons given was that the site is within the study corridor for the N24 Cahir – Limerick Junction project. TAGS

Tipperary Mid West Radio Michael Lowry, TD © Michaellowry.ie Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, has agreed with Deputy Michael Lowry at a meeting of the Oireachtas Transport Committee yesterday that Tipperary Town “should be liberated from the scourge of traffic”. The Minister acknowledged that constructing a short by-pass of the town itself, ahead of any planned major works on the road between Cahir and Limerick Junction, would provide a solution. ‘First Towns Strategy’ Minister Ryan saif that the provision of a 6 km – 7 km stretch of roadway, that would form a b...

Close to 60 farmers could be impacted by the rail line if it gets the green light. Some holdings will be cut in half by the proposed railway, while other farmers stand to lose a significant proportion of their farmyards - and even the family home in some instances. The extent of the disruption is illustrated by the case of dairy farmer, Kieran Lillis, from Meanus. The proposed route for the new rail line ploughs straight through his farmyard. It could take out two dwelling houses, cubicle sheds for almost 200 cows, slurry pits, calf pens, calving sheds and calving area, as well as his milking...

A senior Cork County Council official has said it is expected an announcement on the final route for the planned M20 Cork-Limerick motorway and a new rail connection between the two cities will be made before the end of the summer. The authority's director of roads and transportation services, Padraig Barratt, was speaking at a meeting of the council's northern committee following the completion of the public consultation process into the multi-million Euro project. The history of the project has already been well documented, with the need for improvements to the N20 identified in the 1998 Na...

Update Expected On All-Weather Track at Tipperary Racecourse Horse Racing (Image: Public Domain) Horse Racing Ireland is expected to make a further announcement today in respect of the development of an All Weather race track at Tipperary Racecourse, Limerick Junction, near Tipperary Town. At present, there is only one other All-Weather track in Ireland, and that is located in Dundalk. Given the extent of climate change and weather interruptions, the move to all weather tracks will mean that fixtures will be subject to less last-minute cancellations and will likely see an increased volume of...