For the €25 or whatever Fergie is asking, you could learn about leadership this week from a man who has done it all and may never stop cashing in. Or you could have saved a few bob and pulled into a field in Ardcroney, six miles outside Nenagh.

“They said on the radio we were a sleepy little place.”

The dream became a reality for Nenagh CBS at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday afternoon when they won the All-Ireland Colleges SAHC title for the first time.

A VICIOUS turf battle between gangs in Co Tipperary is believed to be behind the gun attack in Templemore in which two men were wounded early yesterday.

IT WAS the persistence of two men carrying a Gaelic football torch in the hurling heartland of north Tipperary that finally twisted Chris Conway’s arm.

BEING set up again, the patsies, the potential fall guys – that’s how Paul Curran feels as Tipperary prepare to meet Clare in the Munster SHC semi-final in Limerick on Sunday.

CHEAP as chips by comparison to the country’s average, this gorgeous lodge in Nenagh is proof that moving to Ireland’s inland counties gives a distinct price advantage.

NEXT week the Minister for Health will confirm the worst — the appalling standard of services in Dublin and the eastern region will be applied to the State as a whole.

Many of the three-seater constituencies are expected to provide fierce battles in the upcoming election and many pundits will be closely watching developments in Tipperary north.