FIVE candidates are looking for support in provincial elections, as voting kicks off today in the IFA presidential, deputy-presidential and vice-presidential elections.

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy has been urged to clarify his decision to transfer 90 Department of Agriculture and Food jobs from Cork city to Fermoy as part of decentralisation plans.

Farming in the Republic will be severely restricted if the organic nitrogen level is not set at a realistic and viable level, according to Cork Central Irish Farmers’ Association county executive chairman Gerard O’Connell.