The EU's traditional centre has splintered in the hardest-fought European Parliament elections in decades.
London based specialist alternative asset manager Gresham House Asset Management (GHAM) is planning new forestry and renewable projects after taking over management of 10,000 acres of Irish forests.
Rain brought some relief to European Union rapeseed crops this month, but analysts still expect this year's harvest to be the lowest in more than a decade after drought and insect attacks.
A woman who has set up almost 5,000 dates for farmers and other rural dwellers in the last three years has launched a series of dancing match-making events.
The High Court has set aside An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for the construction of an electricity generating biogas facility in Co Meath.
Bord na Móna is considering growing medicinal cannabis on Irish bogs as part of ambitious plans to repurpose the organisation.
At a recent social function, my husband, Robin, turned to his neighbour and said, "I'm having terrible trouble managing stock this year."
