In this week's Nenagh Guardian news...

Funeral of star singer's mother – Funeral of Therese MacGowan to take place following tragic New Year's Day crash...

 

Number of deaths on Tipperary roads increased in 2016;

 

Deadline approaching for submissions to Constituency Commission for voting;

 

First Data to open recruitment office in Nenagh in early 2017;

 

Roscrea Community First Reponders nominated for 2017 Community & Council awards;

 

Gardaí make series of arrests for public disorder;

 

Gas/water/wastewater works return to Nenagh this week;

 

Aglish Drama Group return with 'For Better or For Worse';

 

Groups invited to apply for LEADER funding;

 

Top award for St Michael's NS in Cloughjordan;

 

Best-selling historian Seán Hogan to give talk on Tipperary TD Seamus Burke;

 

Tim Boland recounts the story of a Templederry victim of Bloody Sunday;

 

Candlelit vigil in Roscrea for those lost to suicide;

 

Nenagh priest Fr Seán McDonagh on Trump and the environment;

 

Drom woman talks of her humanitarian work in Niger;

 

Plus lots more festive pics from around North Tipperary in this week's Nenagh Guardian, out Wednesday morning.