Merck & Co’s decision to suspend sales of its Zilmax cattle feed additive has caused such a surge in demand for rival Eli Lilly & Co’s Optaflexx that Lilly is telling some new customers it cannot immediately supply them, some US-based customers have told Reuters.

FOR a man who is regarded as quintessentially Cork, thanks to his ’70s rendition of The Boys of Fairhill, it comes as a surprise to hear that the genteel county of Kent is one of Jimmy Crowley’s favourite places to hang out.

A former Meath county hurler has been sentenced to five years for trying to transport €55,000 worth of cannabis from Dublin to Kerry by train.

A former Meath county hurler will be sentenced later for trying to transport €55,000 worth of cannabis from Dublin to Kerry by train.

The FTSE 100 Index was trading above the 6,500 barrier today despite losing the early momentum from company results and gains in overseas markets.

GRANADA boss Charles Allen could yet become a victim of last week’s shareholder coup which forced Carlton boss Michael Green to relinquish ambitions of running a single ITV, it was reported yesterday.

Carlton boss Michael Green’s hopes of surviving a shareholder coup over who runs an enlarged ITV company were dealt a potentially fatal blow today.

AN American mountaineer who lost the use of his legs in a car accident seven years ago resumed his slow but steady ascent of Mount Fuji yesterday after his attempt to climb Japan's highest mountain nearly ended on its first day.