Aer Lingus has announced new routes from Dublin to Minneapolis-St Paul in the US and Montreal in Canada.

The huge North American ‘elk’ is also known as the ‘wapiti’ (‘white rump’ in the Cree language).

Total Produce has pushed its potential revenue contribution from North America up to around $1bn (€916,000) on foot of a new acquisition.

There has been a rise of 19% in overseas visitors to Ireland in the first nine months of the year.