- Cabinet ministers stay, hints Kenny
- Kenny defends human rights stance
- Race row ex-mayor loses party whip
- PayPal to hire 1,000 more staff
- Family anger at gun suspect hearing
- U-turn made over cuts to schools
- Bank donates artworks to taxpayers
- Fury at child hospital overcrowding
- 3bn euro in state assets to be sold
- Families 'numb' over farm deaths
- Plea to ban smoking in playgrounds
- Road rage killer offers apology
- Bosses 'should pay for sick leave'
Community
Ballycumber Notes
This week’s Ballycumber Notes. See this week’s Offaly Express for extensive photographic coverage of Ballycumber Drama Group’s production of ‘Out of Order’.
Tullamore Church leads RTE’s Service on Sunday
THIS week’s (February 26) Service on Sunday will be led by members of Tullamore Presbyterian Church who, through readings, songs and prayers will be reflecting on Jesus stilling the storm and applying the meaning of this two thousand year old Biblical story to today’s Ireland.
Lions are delighted with the demand for SafeTALK courses
TULLAMORE Lions Club members spent last Saturday signing up people to participate in the Suicide Awareness SafeTalk Courses that are being held in the Lanello Centre in Tullamore on Monday, February 20 & 27.
Announcements
Seamie O'Neill : Memorial
Published in the Leinster and Offaly Express on 22 February 2012
Mary Joe Mc Cormack : Memorial
Published in the Leinster and Offaly Express on 22 February 2012
Joe Maher : Memorial
Published in the Leinster and Offaly Express on 22 February 2012
Kathleen Fairbrother : Memorial
Published in the Leinster and Offaly Express on 22 February 2012
Thomas Murphy : Acknowledgement
Published in the Leinster and Offaly Express on 22 February 2012
Local Businesses
Tullamore A|wear jobs secure
A|wear will continue to trade as normal in its store in Tullamore following its acquisition by a group of international investors, headed by British businessman Michael Flacks of Flacks Group.
Jobs initiative surpasses pledges
Launched just over one month ago, Hireland yesterday confirmed that the initiative has already received over 2,500 job pledges from businesses all over the country. This is all the more impressive as Hireland had set a 6 month target of 5,000 pledges and is now at the halfway point after little more than a month.
Rate exemption for new Tullamore businesses sought
CALLS have been made for a six month rate exemption for new businesses starting up in Tullamore.
Absence of movement on farm consolidation criticised
The Chairman of the ICMSA Taxation Committee, Mr. Lorcan McCabe, has stated that although Finance Bill 2012 provided for a number of welcome incentives announced in Budget 2012, he believed it was a missed opportunity in terms of addressing some anomalies in the taxation system that weren’t addressed in Budget 2012.
Carbon Tax proposals ‘insufficient and unworkable’
Proposals in the Finance Bill to offset the increased costs of the Carbon Tax have been described as insufficient and unworkable.
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Weather for Tullamore
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 8 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 25 mph
Wind direction: West
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 2 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 24 mph
Wind direction: West
