Those who have been encouraged to go out for a summer stroll in the recent nice weather will have noticed the huge improvement in the neatness of the roads leading out from the village. No longer are the roadsides littered with debris such as plastic bottles, fast food containers, plastic bags, cigarette boxes, tayto bags and many other kinds of rubbish.

Who have we to thank for this great improvement? Is it ourselves? I’m afraid not. We haven’t all been converted to a tidy Tipperary philosophy overnight but a start has been made. Our thanks is due to South Tipperary County Council and their recent roadside clean up campaign. The workers who carried out the clean up locally were the local FAS workers under their local supervisor Jamesy Ivors.

Since it first appeared in 1982 to give a published account of the Kickham Centenary celebrations of that year the Mullinahone magazine has appeared each year to bring the news of Mullinahone to parishioners near and far. The 25^th edition of the magazine was published in the rum up to Christmas 2007.For all of that time Michael Larkin has acted as editor of the publication.

In the early days of the parish magazine Mick was helped by a number of people, most notably John Costello and Michael White, now both sadly deceased. While Michael and John were both natives of Mullinahone, Mick Larkin is a native of Galway.