Investigations are underway into the attack near the village of Drangan.
Someone tried to set fire to a truck and a bulk gas tank at a house in Corbally, just half a mile from the east Tipp village on Saturday night.
Gardai in Clonmel are investigating.
Mattie Murphy says luckily he is still able to run his food processing business after the incident which happened at around 10 P.M.
