Investigating the impact of escaped farmed salmon on wild Irish Atlantic salmon populations is one of five UCC projects which has been awarded €8.5m in Government funding today. A co-led project brings the UCC figure to €9.3m.

More than 80 children were born abroad as a result of surrogacy arrangements for Irish parents since 2011, according to a report in the Medical Independent (MI).

Chinese tech company Xiaomi has managed to release another really cheap fitness band that even checks your heart-rate

Godolphin have signalled their intent for 2015 by recruiting William Buick and James Doyle to ride as joint-number one jockeys.

Campervan owners have saluted local authorities in Cork and Waterford for providing facilities — but Kerry gets the thumbs down.

Assurances given by a state body over risks to wild salmon have not eased coastal communities’ fears over fish farms.

Little over a year ago, Irish karting was hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

THE continuing dispute between Motorsport Ireland and the breakaway group – Kart Ireland — took another twist this week after the governing body opted out of a planned meeting of both parties with the track owners due to take place yesterday.

MOTORSPORT IRELAND has agreed a two-year plan to keep karting in its jurisdiction and will invest €25,000 each year.

A PLANNED split from Motorsport Ireland by Irish karting has been put on hold. Discussions between both parties could lead to a solution that will bring this spectrum of the sport back on track and remain within the remit of Motorsport Ireland (MI).

A PLANNED split from Motorsport Ireland by Irish karting has been put on hold. Discussions between both parties could lead to a solution that will bring this spectrum of the sport back on track and remain within the remit of Motorsport Ireland (MI).

ALEX SINCLAIR, chief executive of Motorsport Ireland, has urged the bosses of GAA, soccer and rugby to be directly involved at the grassroots of their sport.

IT seems there is no room for manoeuvre in the Irish Motorsport calendar that cannot accommodate the re-scheduling of its more high profile events.

ALTHOUGH senior officials of Motorsport Ireland (MI) met with FIA vice-president Mohammed Ben Sulayem last week, a return for Rally Ireland as a round of the World Rally Championship is still based on the availability of finance.

ORGANISERS of the Kenmare Historic Rally are monitoring the weather conditions ahead of their event on Sunday.

BRITISH RALLY champion, Keith Cronin is not that accustomed to playing the percentage game, mostly because the Cork driver hasn’t been required to adopt such a role.

THE affiliated clubs of Motorsport Ireland are set to receive the Way Forward document, hot on the heels of the governing body’s General Code of Conduct contained in this month’s Motorsport Bulletin.

ANGLERS and conservationists are mounting strong opposition to moves to change a law that has imposed a complete ban on commercial fishing for sea bass over the past 20 years.

SAFETY is paramount in any sport, but particularly in motorsport. From the start of next season, the HANS device will be compulsory in Irish rallying.

US Army Private Lynndie England apologised for appearing in some of the most infamous pictures of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, saying she did so at the behest of a boyfriend who took advantage of her love and trust.

Morning Ireland, RTÉ’s flagship current affairs show, is celebrating it 20th anniversary. Political Editor Harry McGee, who worked on the programme, reports:

PART-TIME US soldier Ivan Frederick was jailed for eight years yesterday for abusing inmates in Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison.

THOSE charged are: Staff Sergeant Ivan L ‘Chip’ Frederick II, 37, from Virginia.