Enfer Scientific is to end its 10-year sponsorship of the Tipperary football and hurling teams following conclusion of this year's leagues, it was announced today.

TIPPERARY secretary Tim Floyd has conceded the county senior footballers could open their Allianz League Division Three campaign this weekend without a jersey sponsor.

TIPPERARY could have new jersey sponsors in time for next month’s National Leagues if re-negotiations with current backers Enfer Scientific fail. After winning last year’s All-Ireland SHC title, the Premier County is attracting interest from a number of companies and it is understood a car manufacturer, possibly Skoda Motors, could come on board if Enfer’s nine-year association with Tipperary is brought to an end.

TEAGASC Moorepark research officer on herd health, Ríona Sayers, has been appointed chief executive of Independent Milk Laboratories (IML), the newly established milk payment and disease testing company.

FINE Gael’s preparation for the next general election continues to gather pace with four candidates set to fight for the second nomination in the South Tipperary constituency.

THE owners of Enfer Scientific, the BSE test maker, did not take a dividend payment last year after the company swung into losses.

THE owners of Enfer Scientific, the BSE test maker, took a cut in their dividend payment after the company saw its profits fall in 2006.

ENFER Scientific, the BSE test maker, is to double its workforce over the next 18 months.

The biotechnology group Enfer has announced plans to create 120 new jobs at its new headquarters in Naas, Co Kildare.

THE first crematorium outside Dublin opened its doors quietly yesterday on an uninhabited island in Cork Harbour.

FORMER Tipperary manager Len Gaynor has expressed concern about the restrictions placed on clubs in regard to age limitations at different levels.

A BSE test which to date has earned more than €1.3m in royalty income for University College Dublin has won the inaugural NovaUCD Innovation Award.

An Irish company stands to double its turnover and create up to 80 jobs following the discovery of BSE, better known as “mad cow” disease, in the US.