Weekly news from around the 32 counties of Ireland

(Source: The Irish Times)

 

OFFALY

Offaly men make better drivers than Offaly women. Well they do at least when it comes to passing their driving test as males have a considerably higher success rate than their female counterparts. That’s according to official figures released last week by the Central Statistics Office which show that of the 4797 men who sat their driving test between the Tullamore and Birr centers in 2008, 55% passed. A total of 5,596 women took their driving test in the county in 2008 with 51% passing.

(Source: The Offaly Express)

 

ROSCOMMON

A Boyle woman who believes she saw the sun changing color at Knock the weekend before last has vowed not to return for the next predicted apparition as she was “terrified” by the “chaos and mayhem” of the crowds. Having filmed an image of what many believe to be the Blessed Virgin on video in Knock on October 11th, Breege Queenan from Knockarush returned to Knock last Saturday following Dublin clairvoyant Joe Coleman’s prediction that Our Lady would appear at 3 p.m.

(Source: The Roscommon Herald)

 

SLIGO

Plans for a major healthcare facility on a 16-acre site at Carraroe are expected to be lodged with Sligo County Council before the end of this year. The new private hospital will provide first-class medical treatment in areas of high demand such as oncology, day surgery, imaging, state of the art diagnostic equipment and urgent care. The proposed facility received a major boost on Monday when members of Sligo County Council voted by 16 to 4 in favor of the project, with three abstentions, during a special council meeting to consider the Draft Sligo and Environs Development Plan 2010-2016.

(Source: The Sligo Champion)

 

TIPPERARY

A call by Thurles Town Councilor Jim Ryan to have elected members of the local authority attending conferences away from Thurles sharing cars in a bid to cut down on costs sparked an angry exchange of words and was rubbished and labeled "unhelpful" recently. Councilor Ryan's remarks, made at the October monthly meeting of Thurles Town Council resulted in sulphuric exchanges between a number of members, with Cllr John Kennedy taking exception to the proposition as the temperature rose quite considerably  in the council chamber.

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