Car Sales in First Week of July Exceed Sales in the Whole of July Last Year

In the first eight days of the new ‘132’ plate, 4,675 new cars have been sold, exceeding last July’s full month’s sales of 4,424. Sales have also exceeded that of July 2011. Brian Cooke, Deputy Director General of SIMI “The first day of the new 132 plate was exceptional for sales and momentum hasn’t slowed […]

Clara GAA Club Notes July 8th

WEEKLY CLUB LOTTO   Lotto results 6/7/13- Numbers drawn were 2,3,4,9. There was no winner of the Jackpot this week but 7 matched 3 and they are Marie Berry, Eamon Reilly, Mary Scully, Leonard o’Meara, Dean Dunne, James Moran, and Brandon McDernott who all win 25 euro each, well done. .Next weeks draw is for […]

Brosna Gaels Notes – 8th July 2013

Brosna Gaels Notes Senior Hurling Championship Brosna Gaels Vs Tullamore on Friday 12 th in Clara at 7.30pm Junior A Hurling Championship Brosna Gaels Vs Shamrocks on Sunday 14 th at 12 noon in Ballycumber U14 Hurling Championship Brosna Gaels Vs CRC Gaels on Friday 12 th in Carrig at 7:30pm U12 Hurling League Brosna […]

Corrigan Brothers write song to Honour Richmond Spiders ESPY nominee Ireland’s Rebecca Barry.

Song Video Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpHNqMZ0qSY     Corrigan brothers, the Irish band whose ten million you tube hit “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” charted all over the world have written a song to celebrate Limerick hockey legend Rebecca Barry’s ESPY nomination, the annual sports awards presented by ESPN,. Lead singer Ger Corrigan said, […]

Leader Companies urged to ensure that all funding is spent before the end of the year

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan T.D, today (4th July, 2013) urged Local Development Companies (LDCs) to ensure that all funding that has been allocated to them under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) is fully committed and spent before the end of the programme. On 21 […]

Open Your Garden for Syria

The Irish Red Cross is calling on all Offaly gardening fanatics to throw open their garden and take part in this year’s Open Gardens event, in aid of the Syria Crisis Appeal. No matter what the shape or size, anyone can open their garden for this charity event. Open Gardens allows those with green fingers […]

More Cars Registered Yesterday Than the Whole of June

There were more new cars sold yesterday than the whole of June. Yesterday, the first day of the new ‘132’ registration plate, 1,927 new cars were sold, compared to just 1 on the same day last July. There were more cars sold yesterday than the first 18 days of July last year There were 2,095 […]

Upcoming Entertainment at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre in July 2013

Exhibiting during July/August at Birr Theatre & Arts Centre, Birr, Co. Offaly – (057) 9122911 /www.birrtheatre.com. Seoda Local photographer and artist Tina Claffey showcases the splendour of Offaly’s rural landscape, specifically in the beautiful preserved bogland at Killaun and the surrounding area of Slieve Bloom.  Aptly named “Seoda”, the gaelic word for “treasure”, this exhibition reveals […]

Na Fianna GAA Football Club Notes

U14 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Na Fianna U14 Footballers suffered their second defeat in sucession as they lost out to Tullamore in Round 3 of the Championship last Friday evening in Geashill on a scoreline of 5-09 to 1-07. Tullamore got the start they wanted as they opened the scoring with their first goal almost straight from […]

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