Generational renewal and putting the building blocks in place for young farmers is crucial for growth in the agricultural sector, Macra na Feirme national president Seán Finan said.

Up to 1,500 new jobs were confirmed in a series of investments in the technology and environmental service sectors.

Environment Minister Alan Kelly has said the person who sent a suspect package with a death threat to his constituency office is a “scumbag” who should be tracked down by gardaí.

What’s going on this weekend

A mother and her 11-year-old son were rushed to hospital yesterday after a metal drainpipe fell from a building, hitting them both and narrowly missing the woman’s infant.

Tánaiste Joan Burton says she is “nervous” about the possibility of a low turnout in next Friday’s marriage referendum — and how this might affect the yes vote.

Anti-austerity TD Paul Murphy has defended his key role during a demonstration in which Tánaiste Joan Burton was hit by a water balloon.

Gardaí are investigating a bomb threat to the Environment Minister’s office as tensions heighten over the controversial introduction of water charges.

After being awoken in the middle of the night, a terrified homeowner was confronted by a man wielding an axe, a court heard.

A man who was married with three children; was engaged separately to two other partners; and had a girlfriend in Poland with another child was in prison last night after admitting fraud.

Donal Kealy’s daughter Catherine was murdered more than 20 years ago. He has fought for her, for her memory, and for justice ever since. Turning 80 next year, he wants ‘life’ to mean life for murder, and rails at how victims, in his experience, are treated by the State. His is a tragic human story echoed in many homes across the country, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

A priest who helped broker the IRA’s ceasefire in 1994 has died at the age of 82 in hospital in Dublin.

The progressive Willie Mullins-trained Arvika Ligeonniere was far too good for his five rivals in the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

The EU's top health official has said there is no need to panic over the Europe-wide horsemeat scandal.

Arrabawn is predicting a milk price of 28cpl this year, a projection likely to see other co-ops rapidly follow its 1.95c March price cut to 32.5c per litre.

A convicted rapist who killed a neighbour and tried to blame “two black men” is facing a life sentence today.

EVERY YEAR the Georgina Campbell Awards are eagerly awaited by the restaurant industry.

IFA has turned the serious matter of a raid on their offices by the Competition Authority to their advantage.

Two barmen are due to go on trial tomorrow for the manslaughter of a British man who died from acute alcohol intoxication.

AN economic boost worth over €1 million is set to be pumped into the south-east in the coming days with this year’s edition of the Waterford Festival of Food.

A DECISION is urgently needed on the price the Government will pay peat power stations for burning biomass such as miscanthus.

ICONIC American food writer, Colman Andrews’ beautiful new cook book has just been published. Colman fell in love with Irish food and hospitality when he ate bacon and cabbage, and apple tart, in Peter and Mary Ward’s kitchen in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, in 2002.

Former president of the Workers’ Party, Tomas Mac Giolla, died today after a long battle with illness.

HEREFORD beef from Ireland came out on top of a recent steak test carried out in Germany by a well known food magazine.

Staff at the Procter and Gamble plant in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, are anxiously awaiting news on the future of their jobs today.

Woodie's DIY has opened its 25th Irish store in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, the company's second outlet in the town.

A 16-year-old is dead following a traffic accident in Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

A PLAQUE commemorating “the unparalleled benevolence of the English nation to the poor of Ireland” has caused outrage in the Sinn Féin party in Nenagh, Co Tipperary (Irish Examiner, October 28).

RELIEF was the overwhelming feeling emanating from the Irish camp in the final of the Samsung Super League final in Barcelona last Sunday, following the team’s battling performance. But the sense of satisfaction at a task completed was also palpable.

IF you want to be buried with his or her people, perhaps you might consider saving your nearest and dearest a few thousand euro when planning your final departure.

A SPECIAL training conference is being run by Teagasc for farmers, horticulturists, foresters and agri-business companies who give work experience to upwards of 1,000 students taking part in Teagasc training programmes each year.

An Bord Pleanala has given the green light to a controversial €115m commercial and housing development just outside Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

BUTTER produced by Arrabawn Co-op in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, and sold on export markets by the Irish Dairy Board under the Kerrygold brand, has won a gold medal at the cheese and buttermaking Olympics.

The pope’s ambassador, Archbishop Michael Courtney, gunned down in a hail of bullets in Burundi, was buried in his home town today.

The Irish archbishop murdered by rebels in the central African State of Burundi will be buried in his hometown of Nenagh, Co Tipperary, today.

The body of Archbishop Michael Courtney, the Pope’s Ambassador gunned down in a hail of bullets in Burundi, was received back home in Ireland today.

THE rebel group accused of murdering Irish Archbishop Michael Courtney in Burundi has given the head of the Catholic Church there one month to leave the country.

An estimated 15,000 people have joined a demonstration in Nenagh, Co Tipperary to protest against the proposals contained in the Hanley Report on health reform.

Gardaí in Nenagh, Co Tipperary have named the pedestrian who was fatally injured after a road accident yesterday.

Gardai are investigating the alleged abduction of a young girl in Nenagh, Co Tipperary last night.