The Green Party, buoyed by strong showings in European and local elections, as well as the recent by-elections, are tipped to make big gains as the general election looms.
Farm leaders have accused the Government of "double standards" in seeking massive reductions in carbon emissions from agriculture while they claimed technology companies were getting "a free pass".
Quality stock from the suckler herd is not being rewarded to a sufficient degree by the current 18c/kg differential between the various grades used by the QPS beef grid.
The Beef Plan Movement co-chairs have said an independent audit of the group's accounts will be carried out as mediation between the co-chairs and the stood-down national committee has been proposed.
A red line for the Green Party is that Ireland should undertake no further lobbying to attain any manner of exemptions for agriculture sector on emissions, writes Ciaran Moran.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth last night expressed her regret as she confirmed that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle would lose public funding and move to Canada to "transition" to a new life.
First there is the sorrow: whether it is for General Qasem Soleimani, the dozens crushed at his funeral, the 176 killed when Iran shot down UIA flight PS752, or those killed by security forces during protests in November, everyone in Iran is mourning someone.
