NEWS of the death of John Myers, aged 93, former chief executive of Ballyclough Co-op, now part of Dairygold Co-op, was received with sadness across the Irish dairy industry.

Budget 2012 has offered a lifeline to the property market and has the potential to bring about much-needed stability and confidence to a sector which has been hard hit in recent years, writes PJ Power

ONE of the top awards in the cattle section at Cappamore Show in Co Limerick was kept in the county.

A CELEBRATION in Mallow to mark the foundation of the Ballyclough Co-op 100 years ago heard that “lessons could be learned” from the society’s proud history.