Co-op stalwart Nagle dies

THE late Billy Nagle, a native of Buttevant, Co Cork, who died last week, was a champion of the co-operative movement and a leading figure in Irish agri-business.

Educated at Blackrock College in Dublin, and Darrara Agricultural College in Clonakilty, he also completed a diploma and other courses at UCC and showed an early interest in the development of the wider agricultural sector.

Like many of his contemporaries, he was a product of Macra na Feirme. A founder member of Buttevant branch, he held a number of officerships at branch, regional and county level.