Revealed: Here’s where you can park for free in Tipperary this Christmas
As the festive season kicks into full swing across Tipperary, towns across the county will be offering free parking throughout December.
In Thurles town, 30 minutes free parking will be offered all over the town for the month of December. On three Saturdays in December (6, 13 and 20 of December), free parking will be available in all of the town’s car parks.
Meanwhile, in Roscrea, parking will be free throughout the town on all Saturdays in December, while in Templemore there will also be free parking across the town on all Saturdays in December.
In the Clonmel Borough District, all council-owned car parks will have free parking on each Saturday in December, after 10am. The town also has a car park in Suirside which is free all year round which will also be available for Christmas shoppers.
Clonmel Borough District administrator, Carol Creighton added: “our all-day car parks in Clonmel are also quite inexpensive for all day parking, the cost per day is €3.50”.
Elsewhere, in Carrick-on-Suir, there will be free parking in all of the council-owned car parks on each Saturday throughout the month of December.
In Nenagh, three hours free car parking will be available in all council-owned car parks, starting on Saturday, December 6, running until Friday, December 26.
Elsewhere in Nenagh, free parking will be available in the Railway Station car park throughout December. Pay parking will continue to apply to all on-street parking in the town.
In Tipperary town, there will be one hour free on-street parking for the month of December, as well as free parking in council-owned car parks.
Meanwhile, in Cashel, there will be free parking in all the council-owned car parks every Saturday in December.
Local councillors have appealed to people to shop local this Christmas, saying that small retailers are the backbone of towns across Tipperary.
Tipperary Sinn Féin councillor Annemarie Ryan said “please shop local, support your independent retailers.
"Without them we lose the heart of our towns and villages,” she added.
In the Tipperary-Cahir-Cashel district, the council have committed €5,000 towards the Christmas lights displays in each of the three towns.
Fine Gael councillor Declan Burgess requested that this be increased.
"The council have committed to €5,000 contribution to Cahir, Cashel and Tipperary towns for Christmas lights in each town in the district. Given increasing costs for each town I formally requested we consider increasing that grant allocation,” he said.