PLANS are in train for a significant expansion of an Offaly meat processing facility understood to be backed by Chinese investors.
Brazilian women are probably ashamed of President Jair Bolsonaro, French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday, hitting back after the Brazilian leader mocked Mr Macron's wife on Facebook.
Israeli jets reportedly struck a Palestinian fighter base in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley early yesterday as the Lebanese president described earlier Israeli drone strikes as a "declaration of war".
Leaders of the Group of Seven nations have said they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage as tens of thousands of soldiers get ready to join the fight against blazes that have caused global alarm.
A recent spike in lamb imports from Northern Ireland has been described as a "cynical tactic" and a "shameful" effort on the part of the factories to keep a lid on sheep prices, writes Declan O'Brien.
Illegal violence is pushing Hong Kong to the brink of great danger, the city government said yesterday after a weekend of clashes that included the first gun-shot and the arrest of 86 people, the youngest just 12.
Restrictions on malting barley intakes by Boortmalt have provoked a furious reaction among growers, with many facing massive income losses and farmers struggling to find a home for thousands of tonnes of surplus grain.
