Collaboration between private agricultural consultants and Teagasc would improve the performance of the entire sector, according to the president of the Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA), Owen O'Driscoll.
A woman has had both her arms bitten off by a shark in a horrific attack off the coast of French Polynesia.
The second most senior Republican in the US Senate yesterday expressed disquiet about bombshell testimony claiming Donald Trump made aid to Ukraine conditional on an investigation into his political rival Joe Biden.
An inquiry into last April's Easter suicide bombings has concluded Sri Lanka's spy chief was primarily responsible for the intelligence failure that led to the deaths of 269 people in the attacks.
Protestors in Chile are rejecting a package of reforms from President Sebastián Pinera meant to appease days of violent unrest, criticising the plans as just a "plaster" to cover deep social and economic wounds.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the destruction of all facilities built by South Korea at the Mount Kumgang tourist zone, apparently because of Seoul's refusal to break ranks with the United States.
US President Donald Trump last night claimed the United States had saved the lives of "thousands" in Syria and took credit for the ceasefire, in a bombastic speech declaring the end of American involvement in the war.