Conor Kane has been appointed as South East correspondent with RTÉ News.

IF television advertising is a purgatory we are forced to endure for 51 weeks of the year, the arrival of those clever Christmas adverts can often make for better viewing than many of the tired specials and movies dominating the schedules.

RENEWED firmness in the global dairy market was suggested by last week’s 15.7% price rebound in the Fonterra trade auction, after two successive monthly declines.

DAIRY farmers in eight European countries protested in the past week over low milk prices.