A €140M cheese factory in Co Kilkenny has been put on hold following objections by two leading environmental groups.
The hardest lesson to learn with farming is that no matter how well you do a job, despite how carefully it is planned and executed, Mother Nature will have the final say.
A clash over the influence of wealthy campaign donors has dominated the latest Democratic presidential debate.
France Telecom's former chief executive and two top managers have been sentenced to four months in prison for workplace harassment blamed for a wave of dozens of suicides.
Human rights activists in the UK have vowed to appeal against a ruling that a policy allowing MI5 to authorise informants to commit serious criminal offences - potentially including murder, kidnap and torture - is lawful.
Boeing's new astronaut capsule yesterday failed to achieve the orbit necessary to reach the International Space Station, Nasa said.
The mother of Harry Dunn has said she feels "a huge step" has been made after the US suspect in the case was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.