Following intense pressure the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has contacted the Beef Plan Movement to enter into talks a move which he claims has been rejected.
Insurer Aviva hailed a “steady” performance against a turbulent backdrop in the first half of the year, as it signalled a possible sale of its Asian business.
The Israeli military says the body of a soldier with stab wounds has been found in the West Bank.
Venezuela's government late on Wednesday halted negotiations with the opposition in protest of the Trump administration's freezing of its US assets.
Harvest yields are yet again proving the benefit of applying organic fertiliser to land. Some of that benefit may be coming from it's organic content but I suspect that much of it is coming from its nutrient content and rich microbiology.
The proportion of cattle herds testing positive for TB has increased marginally compared to 2018, despite the serious efforts being made to eradicate the disease.
Deforestation in Brazil's rainforest has jumped around 67% in the first seven months of the year, according to preliminary data from Brazil's space research agency, which the government has attacked as misleading and harmful to the national interest.
