The new leaders of the European Union take power today in Brussels, in a changing of the guard that promises a more austere, less maverick approach.
Bord Bia wants food and drink exports to Germany to increase to €1bn in five years as part of a Brexit diversification strategy. German trade with Irish food companies is currently worth €724m.
Composer Irving Burgie, who helped popularise Caribbean music and co-wrote the enduring Harry Belafonte hit Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), has died at the age of 95.
Field operations have ground to a halt, apart from the harvesting of vegetables and potatoes.
We've always been known for our love of potatoes, and Maria Flynn, who recently brought a different variety of spud to menus across the country, says it's "bringing back that good, old-fashioned potato taste".
A heifer that has certainly paid her way is Goldstar Osanna, which has returned almost €1,000 a month for her stay on the farm of her birth in Co Tipperary.
Indian companies IREL (Erstwhile Indian Rare Earths Ltd) and KABIL (Khanij Bidesh India Ltd) are looking into rare earth elements projects in Russia, according to Russia's Far East Investment and Export Agency. In a meeting with Indian firms in New Delhi, the Russian delegation presented perspective projects that could be implemented in the remote Far...
