Derek Fanning

TWO new councillors - Tullamore's Shane Murray (Fianna Fáil) and Kinnitty woman Eleanor Clendennen (Fine Gael) - were co-opted onto Offaly County Council during the local authority's monthly meeting on Monday afternoon.

IT WAS a great day for a well known Birr man, and indeed the town itself, on Friday December 6th when John Feehan was granted an honorary Doctorate in Science in Trinity College Dublin.

TWO new councillors - Tullamore's Shane Murray (Fianna Fáil) and Kinnitty woman Eleanor Clendennen (Fine Gael) - were co-opted onto Offaly County Council during the local authority's monthly meeting this week. They've been co-opted to fill the seats vacated by former Cllrs John Clendennen (Fi...

AN excellent new publication shines a light on a graveyard in Birr which has been forgotten by many. Bully's Acre is situated in the Gallow's Hill area of the town, hidden from view, and many of us were unaware of this neglected place until a local historian drew our attention to it a few years ago....

“A Place in all our Hearts - A history of St Brendan's RC Church Birr” was launched a couple of weeks ago in the town by the Bishop of Killaloe Fintan Monahan.

Offaly man receives Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College Dublin

Gardai investigating burglaries at two houses in Offaly Gardai are investigating burglaries at two houses in Offaly.

AILTIRI Architects have been appointed as consultants to prepare the tender documentation for the demolition of the existing Toilet Block and the construction of the new Facilities Centre for Watersports Activities in Dromineer.

THE Slieve Bloom Association looked back over a busy 2024 during the club's recent meeting.

IT was nice last week to hear a member of the Tipperary County Council executive say a number of insightful and enlightened things about the subject of burial grounds in the county.