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The late Dick Conroy s garage on Colmcille St in Tullamore
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Money was tight in the 1950s. When a business wanted to expand it would first try to do so on its own premises.
If it was on a main street and there was space at the front, then the simplest answer was to build out to the back of the path without breaking the building line. In Tullamore at that time, there was no adopted town plan or preservation legislation, so you could effectively do what you liked, as long as you didn’t create a fire hazard.
TV licence inspectors are back on the road and are planning a major blitz on households this summer to make up for lost time. An Post said the work of the offic.
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Fionn O Cearbhaill from Birr is rowing across the Mediterranean on July 19
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In a few weeks time Birr man Fionn O Cearbhaill will be taking on the Noman Challenge - a 320km extreme rowing race across the mediterranean ocean, in an effort to raise much needed funds and awareness for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cancer.
Fionn used to be Gym Manager in Birr Leisure Centre and he is currently training hard six days a week on the rowing machine in the Leisure Centre s gym.
A three month suspended sentence was imposed on a man convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour at Tullamore hospital. At last week s sitting of Tullamore .