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TippFM Investigates: Building Tipperary - Episode 1 - 11/05/26 - Tipp FM

By Domhnall Doyle · Tipp FM · 11 May 2026

For our first episode of ‘TippFM Investigates: Building Tipperary’ we are looking at the long-awaited and long-abandoned Thurles By-pass project. We’ll hear the view of local residents and business about why it’s so badly needed. We’ll hear from local councillor Micheál Lowry about the long and torturous route the project has taken to get to […]

For our first episode of ‘TippFM Investigates: Building Tipperary’ we are looking at the long-awaited and long-abandoned Thurles By-pass project.

We’ll hear the view of local residents and business about why it’s so badly needed.

We’ll hear from local councillor Micheál Lowry about the long and torturous route the project has taken to get to this point where it is once again on the agenda and ready to get government funding.

And we’ll hear from Tipperary County Council’s Director of Services for Roads about where it stands now and the prospects for progress…

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Reporting by Domhnall Doyle for Tipp FM, funded by the News Reporting Scheme. Republished by News Room under the scheme’s reuse permission.

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