In this week's Nenagh Guardian news...

M7 site 'ideal' for solar farm – An Bord Pleanála grants planning permission for controversial large-scale solar farm near Roscrea;

 

Buyer emerges for Nenagh's Coty factory;

 

Planned council houses in Nenagh and Portroe 'will never be built';

 

Funeral of 75-year-old woman killed on Portumna farm;

 

Ciara McCormack chosen as Tipp Sinn Féin candidate amid row over male exclusion from convention;

 

Pipeline 'battle has just begun', claims opposition group;

 

Smedia awards for Lorrha editor of Limerick Voice Marisa Kennedy and Nenagh's Niall Kenny, who made a documentary about the crash-landing of German plane near Nenagh during WWII;

 

All set for tenth MacDonagh Weekend in Cloughjordan;

 

Repair of stained glass window at Nenagh church;

 

Daffodil Day success in Tipperary;

 

All-Star success for Nenagh firm Echo IT;

 

Prestigious award for Nenagh's Abbey Court Hotel;

 

Nenagh student Saoirse Gleeson on false expectations of reality among children;

 

James Kilbane to sing at Ballinahinch fundraising concert;

 

Programme of events for Tipperary Bealtaine festival;

 

Ball wall unveiled at Dromakeenan school;

 

Pantera tribute band for Nenagh...

 

Plus a focus on the new future for Ballina and Killaloe in this week's Guardian, which is out on Wednesday morning