LOCAL leadership in provincial Ireland has been important over the past 200 years and we owe much to the Christian churches for the parish structures they put in place.

YOU don’t get much these days for €150,000, especially in a coastal setting.

A Fine Gael councillor and publican has claimed the wrong people are being targeted by the crackdown on drink-driving in rural areas.

RESIDENTS and land owners opposed to plans for a landfill are sifting through legal documents desperately trying to find grounds for appeal.

A GROUP in Tipperary catering for people with disabilities yesterday warned it will be forced to close after permission was granted for a landfill nearby.