Q. What has the country been doing under lockdown to affect water supplies?
A senior Government minister has offered hope to the hospitality industry that the two-metre social distancing rule can be relaxed to allow the sector to recover from the massive hit it has taken from the coronavirus crisis.
Colin Marry's 800-sow unit would be classified as an average-sized pig farm, but he's anything but an average farmer.
An 85-year-old man who defied the odds and survived Covid-19 despite battling other life-threatening issues for almost a year was given a hero's welcome when he returned to his home in Finglas yesterday.
Social media is full of jokes and videos about couples in quarantine. Take the spoof chat between the two male neighbours pleading with one another to end their torment at the hands of their wives as all they have to drink is Prosecco.
There is a growing recognition that comparing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock to, for example, emissions from transport is a case of apples and oranges - this development is being keenly watched by the agriculture industry.
Tillage farmers are facing an "impending disaster" due to the continuing drought, Teagasc has warned.
