They look lovely and last so long — well looked after dairy show cows come up shining year after year, with top winners from 2010 taking the red rosettes again last Sunday at Tullamore Show.

Controversy reigned at the All-Ireland Féile na nGael Under-14 competition in Dublin last night, with Cork side Aghabullogue thrown out of the Division 1 camogie competition.

Seanie Johnston will make his first competitive start of 2010 for Cavan when they tussle with Fermanagh in Saturday's Ulster SFC quarter-final at Kingspan Breffni Park (throw-in 5.15pm).

LAST year’s Common Agricultural Policy payments were sweet for the EU’s big sugar companies.

SOME of the country’s largest firms continued to show their charitable side this Christmas, despite the economic downturn.

Cootehill defied a 5lb penalty for a recent success when capturing the totescoop6 Summer Hurdle at Market Rasen.

“MY father put his heart and soul into the farm, he really put everything into this. It’s him I really feel sorry for.”

MORE than three million babies around the world enjoy the high quality of milk from herds in Cavan and Monaghan.

Two Irish libraries have been awarded top prizes at the Public Library Building Awards.

Abbott Laboratories is to create 700 new jobs in plants in Galway and Cavan.

A legal attempt to halt the abortion referendum is to be heard in the High Court today.