It is projected that an estimated €100 million worth of coal products will be imported from Northern Ireland into Ireland this year alone. Despite being banned in Ireland, smoky coal continues to be brought down from Northern Ireland in substantial quantities
Artist impressions of how the Countdown Supermarket at the new Showgrounds Hill development will look.
The go-ahead for a retail development for Showgrounds Hill, the SC RSA building s demolition, and the return of a beloved cat missing for two years, all made the headlines in December, as Doug Sail discovered in the final instalment of our series looking back at the year that was. The controversial Timaru retail development proposal at Showgrounds Hill was granted resource consent on December 11, less than a day after a ruling that the application was not headed for public consultation. Permission for Auckland-based developer Redwood Group (RG) to turn the 12-hectare site site into a 34,000 square-metre retail centre was approved by independent commissioner Allan Cubitt.
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Live Drama, ridden by Tina Comignaghi, crosses the finish line, to win Race 3 of the South Canterbury Racing Club s annual Christmas holiday meeting on Monday.
The racing community has paid tribute to a Timaru horseman who died earlier this month, after a 28-year training career, during South Canterbury’s biggest race day of the year. A remembrance race honouring 54-year-old Michael Daly and other “racing icons” who died this year was introduced at the South Canterbury Racing Club’s annual Christmas holiday meeting on Monday, club president Noel Walker said.
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South Canterbury horse trainer Michael Daly died on December 4, having suffered a stroke in late October. (File photo)