In this week's Nenagh Guardian news...

Boost for 'Mines €650m project - plans for €650 million Silvermines hydro-electric power station move a step closer after Taoiseach meets delegation from Chinese company behind proposal;

 

Body of missing Coolbawn man found in Limerick;

 

Tipp casino plan withdrawn;

 

Lots of Christmas events happening around North Tipp;

 

Nenagh's Cllr Hughie McGrath writes to minister over motorway fatalities;

 

Nenagh Community Rail Partnership organising annual trips to Limerick on Ice;

 

Tributes to late Silvermines women Olive Hickey and Catherine Hickey;

 

Appeal for information on 1984 death of Marie Tierney, who grew up in Coolbawn;

 

Ballinaclough doctor John Kellet saving lives in Africa;

 

Nenagh hospital achieves highest score in National Patient Survey;

 

Eight-year old Nenagh girl brings Christmas presents to the homeless;

 

Remembering Roscrea athlete Paul Ryan;

 

Entrepreneur award for Bryan Davis of Borrisokane;

 

Gardaí awarded for bravery in Nenagh and Newport in 2012;

 

2,252 Christmas shoeboxes collected through Team Hope appeal in Nenagh;

 

Family fun at University Concert Hall panto...

 

It's all in this week's Guardian, out Wednesday morning (photograph shows Deputy Alan Kelly with stakeholders in the planned hydro-electric power plant during a visit to the Silvermines).