A agreed motion of censure in Tipperary TD Michael Lowry has today been announced by the Government Chief Whip for debate in the Dáil tomorrow morning.

MONKS in the Roscrea college where Taoiseach Brian Cowen was educated have decided to sell a 200-acre farm, partly because of falling vocations.

SLOWLY, but ever so surely, moves are being put together to develop the 368km River Shannon as one of the country’s greatest natural amenities.

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FOLLOWING a big drop in visitors last year, a new strategy to market the mid-west as a tourism destination will be launched next week.

MORE than 2,000 jobs were created in the Shannon region last year, bucking a trend of heavy losses that saw industrial employment nationally dip by 2%.

MID-WEST entries are being given a head start in this year’s Tidy Towns competition. A special talk tonight has been organised to give committees from around the region some expert advice on how to clock up winning points.

RESPONSIBILITY for promoting tourism in north Kerry is to be transferred from Shannon Development to Cork Kerry Tourism.