The post office in Kilbarron closed on Saturday last after being run by Joe and Jane Hannigan and their family for almost 19 years. A large number of people from the local community turned up to mark the closure, a sad day for the village. PHOTOGRAPH: ODHRAN DUCIE

In this week's Nenagh Guardian news...

End of an era in Kilbarron – Second local post office closure of 2019 as Hannigans' Kilbarron service winds down after 19 years;

 

Calls for harsher penalties for offenders after surge of post-Christmas illegal dumping;

 

Survey at mother & baby home in Roscrea;

 

Blow for Sinn Féin as Cllr David Doran follows Cllr Séamie Morris in leaving party;

 

Teresa Collins stands for Sinn Féin in Newport electoral area while Tommy Murphy to run as Independent in Roscrea;

 

Portroe pays tribute to teacher Maria McGarry;

 

Keeping the lights on at the crossroads – feature on Michael Molamphy of Coolbawn Cross Photography;

 

Gerard Dooley profiles 131 weeks of social history during the War of Independence;

 

Beef Plan Movement meeting for Nenagh;

 

Portroe man Jim Madden remembered as 24 inter-county GAA players graduate;

 

Short film on raised bog restoration project at Scohaboy, Cloughjordan...

 

You'll also find a 12-page pullout on the hugely successful fourth annual Nenagh Guardian Sports Awards night in this week's Guardian, out Wednesday morning