The pressure on live exports at EU level has stepped up a gear following the decision by Holland to effectively halt animal shipments to non-EU states.
Irish people are among those permitted to travel to Greece "without quarantine", its tourism minister confirmed yesterday amid a Europe-wide scramble to salvage the crucial summer holiday season.
At a moment when America has devolved into a kind of chaos most of us have never seen or even contemplated, it's almost impossible to imagine a president less equipped or less inclined to handle this crisis than the one we have.
More than 500 land-based vertebrate species are on the brink of extinction in the next two decades as a result of human activities, scientists have warned.
Wildlife advocates are pushing drugmakers to curb the use of horseshoe crab blood for medical safety tests - including those needed before a Covid-19 vaccine can be used on humans - by switching to a synthetic alternative.
More than 100 men are missing and dozens feared dead after soldiers in Niger allegedly went on a rampage to avenge a spate of jihadist attacks.
According to the Health & Safety Authority, vehicles and machinery are the main cause of farm accidents in Ireland, accounting for 50pc of all farm deaths in the past ten years.
