Thurles station - Local Link bus
 

Today, 23rd September 2019, Local Link Tipperary introduced a Thurles Railway Station - town - Newport - University of Limerick - Limerick bus route.

Numbered 391 there are three journeys in each direction daily.

The timetable may be viewed here

Not exactly trying to coordinate with the Dublin Cork train times

They also have a new timetable for Roscrea to Nenagh and have gone to the trouble of printing the train times on the timetable, but there really are no good connections. The best is a 19 minute wait for the bus if you have got off the 10:05 ex Ballybrophy in Roscrea.

https://www.locallink.ie/media/1675/...-fa-online.pdf

New route announced yesterday. Thurles to Portlaoise 3 times daily. Operated by J.J Kavanagh. Starting 1st of July €8 single, €16 return. I believe IE is €25 to Portlaoise(?)

It takes 90 minutes though, so I'm sure is intended as a feeder to the two rail stations, rather than encouraging people to use it instead of the train, which is only 36 minutes.

That said, €25 is a disgraceful fare for a 60km journey.