Thurles Christmas Skyfest goes ahead next Sunday

Thurles Town Park from 1-6pm is the time and venue for the annual event

The 8th annual Thurles Christmas Skyfest was officially launched this week with the organisers promising a fantastic festive occasion. The one day festival will take place this Sunday the 11th of December from 1pm to 6pm in the town park in Thurles.

Festivals of this nature are proving to be hugely popular events all over Ireland and the hope is that this years Christmas festival for Thurles will once again have a positive economic impact on the town.

Cllr Ryan witnessed a very narrow escape at the junction recently and was quite forceful in his comments, stating that the matter had been left on the backburner for far too long.

Pictured above: Cllr Jim Ryan

“ We are really thrilled that we are once again hosting this festival and extremely proud that we have managed to secure so many events that we hope will bring visitors to Thurles for this special day,” states Chairman of the organising committee Cllr Jim Ryan. Our committee have put in a massive effort and we would like to thank Tipperary County Council for their help both financially and for allowing us to use the town park as the venue which is the perfect location for it.

“We are also extremely grateful to St Patricks MIC for accommodating our magnificent fireworks display.

Ellen Dunican PRO of the organising committee states that all members of the committee have been very busy over the last number of weeks in putting everything together and are grateful to Thurles Chamber for supporting the festival along with all the shops and business’s around the town.

Treasurer of the committee Pat Dunican is encouraging people to use this event as an opportunity to shop locally in Thurles and states that there is an opportunity to develop this festival into a major annual event that potentially could have very positive economic benefits for the town.

According to Cllr Ryan it is still not too late to book in a stall and if interested people should contact him on 087 7043785.